Erratum: Impact of heatwave on a megacity: an observational analysis of New York City during July 2016 (Environmental Research Letters (2017) 12 (054011) DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa6e59);Impact of heatwave on a megacity: An observational analysis of New York City during July 2016

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Ramamurthy, Prathap ^a   González, Jorge ^a   Ortiz, Luis ^a   Arend, Mark ^a   Moshary, Fred ^a  

^a City College of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

heatwaves; urban boundary layer; urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

'CURRENT; HEATWAVES; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; MEGACITIES; NEW YORK CITY; OBSERVATIONAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN BOUNDARY LAYERS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN HEAT ISLAND INTENSITIES;

TALL BUILDINGS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT ISLAND; HEAT WAVE; MEGACITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85019651408     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/acc541     Document Type: Erratum

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