Urban climate modifications in hot desert cities: The role of land cover, local climate, and seasonality

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 9980-9989

  Lazzarini, Michele ^a,b   Molini, Annalisa ^a   Marpu, Prashanth R ^a   Ouarda, Taha B M J ^a   Ghedira, Hosni ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b European Union   (Belgium)

Author keywords

arid lands; desert cities; land surface temperature; oasis effect; urban climate; urban cool island

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LANDFORMS; RADIOMETERS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VEGETATION;

ARID LANDS; DESERT CITIES; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; OASIS EFFECT; URBAN CLIMATES; URBAN COOL ISLAND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE FORCING; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEAT ISLAND; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; LANDSAT; MODIS; NDVI; OASIS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEASONALITY; SUBURBAN AREA; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; URBANIZATION; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

EID: 84956964442     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL066534     Document Type: Article

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