Characterizing urban heat island in Montreal (Canada) - Effect of urban morphology

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 19, Issue , 2015, Pages 395-402

  Touchaei, A G ^a   Wang, Y ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Morphology; Sky view factor; UHI intensity; Urban canopy; WRF

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944179117     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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