The application of a high-density street-level air temperature observation network (HiSAN): Dynamic variation characteristics of urban heat island in Tainan, Taiwan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 626, Issue , 2018, Pages 555-566

  Chen, Yu Cheng ^a   Yao, Chun Kuei ^a   Honjo, Tsuyoshi ^b   Lin, Tzu Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Micro climate; Observations network; Tainan; Urban Heat Island; Urban morphology

Indexed keywords

THERMAL POLLUTION; URBAN PLANNING;

COMPLEX URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; DYNAMIC VARIATIONS; IMPERMEABLE SURFACE; MICRO-CLIMATE; TAINAN; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; HEAT ISLAND; MICROCLIMATE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SURFACE AREA; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HEAT; HIGH DENSITY STREET LEVEL AIR TEMPERATURE OBSERVATION NETWORK; HUMIDITY; LAND USE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROCLIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE AREA; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE STRESS; URBAN AREA; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCHITECT; HUMAN; NIGHT; RURAL AREA; SEASON;

TAINAN; TAIWAN;

EID: 85042920412     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.059     Document Type: Article

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