A wedge strategy for mitigation of urban warming in future climate scenarios

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2017, Pages 9067-9080

  Zhao, Lei ^a,b,c   Lee, Xuhui ^b,c   Schultz, Natalie M ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT ISLAND; PAVEMENT; ROOF; URBAN CLIMATE; VEGETATION;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85026347717     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-9067-2017     Document Type: Article

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