Assessing the current and future urban heat island of Brussels

Urban Climate

Volumn 15, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-15

  Lauwaet, D ^a   De Ridder, K ^a   Saeed, S ^b   Brisson, E ^b,c   Chatterjee, F ^b   van Lipzig, N P M ^b   Maiheu, B ^a   Hooyberghs, H ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Belgium; Brussels; Climate change; Downscaling; Urban heat island; UrbClim model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949745977     PISSN: 22120955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2015.11.008     Document Type: Article

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