Dense network observations of the Twin Cities Canopy-Layer urban heat island

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1899-1917

  Smoliak, Brian V ^a,b   Snyder, Peter K ^a   Twine, Tracy E ^a   Mykleby, Phillip M ^a   Hertel, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b The Climate Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Temperature; Urban meteorology

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES;

IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA; LAND ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION; LIMITED COLLECTIONS; METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; URBAN METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CANOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAT ISLAND; KRIGING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

MINNEAPOLIS; MINNESOTA; SAINT PAUL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945229183     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-14-0239.1     Document Type: Article

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