Heat-island effect

Energy and Climate in the Urban Built Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 48-68

  Santarnouris, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315073774     Document Type: Chapter

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