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The energetic basis of the urban heat island
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 1982 · Vol. 108(455) · pp. 1–24
T. R. Oke✉(University of British Columbia)
Urban Heat Island MitigationRemote Sensing and Land UseBuilding Energy and Comfort OptimizationUrban heat islandEnvironmental scienceBasis (linear algebra)MeteorologyClimatologyAtmospheric sciencesGeographyGeologyMathematicsGeometry
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