Spatial variation of temperature and indicative of the urban heat island in Chennai Metropolitan Area, India

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 83-95

  Jeganathan, Anushiya ^a   Andimuthu, Ramachandran ^a   Prasannavenkatesh, Ramachandran ^a   Kumar, Divya Subash ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; HEAT ISLAND; LAND COVER; LAND USE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MICROCLIMATE; SPATIAL VARIATION; URBAN CLIMATE;

CHENNAI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84953840434     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-014-1331-8     Document Type: Article

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