Microscale Modeling Of The Canopy-Layer Urban Heat Island In Phoenix, Arizona: Validation And Sustainable Mitigation Scenarios
abstract: Metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, is one of the most rapidly urbanizing areas in the U.S., which has resulted in an urban heat island (UHI) of substantial size and intensity. Several detrimental biophysical and social impacts arising from the large UHI has posed, and continues to pose, a chal...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.8877 |