Detailed urban heat island projections for cities worldwide: Dynamical downscaling CMIP5 global climate models

Climate

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 391-415

  Lauwaet, Dirk ^a   Hooyberghs, Hans ^a   Maiheu, Bino ^a   Lefebvre, Wouter ^a   Driesen, Guy ^a   Van Looy, Stijn ^a   De Ridder, Koen ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dynamical downscaling; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949817379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22251154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cli3020391     Document Type: Article

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