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Mapping a Wind-Modified Urban Heat Island in Tuczon, Arizona

TitleMapping a Wind-Modified Urban Heat Island in Tuczon, Arizona
Publication TypeArticles
Year of Publication2000
AuthorsComrie, AC
JournalBulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume81
Issue10
Pagination2417
PublisherAmerican Meteorological Society
ISBN Number00030007
KeywordsURBAN heat island URBAN climatology ARIZONA TUCSON (Ariz.) UNITED States
Abstract

Offers advice on how to expand understanding and knowledge of urban heat island phenomenon like those in Tuczon, Arizona. Quantification of the amount of urban warming; Mapping of temperature patterns; Examination of related aspects of the local-scale atmospheric circulation.

DOI10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<2417:MAWMUH>2.3.CO;2