The urban physical environment: Temperature and urban heat islands

Urban Ecosystem Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 29-56

  Heisler, Gordon M ^a   Brazel, Anthony J ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy layer; Physical processes; Temperature patterns; Urban climate research; Urban heat island mitigation; Urban physical environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85140937953     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr55.c2     Document Type: Chapter

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