A multi-method and multi-scale approach for estimating city-wide anthropogenic heat fluxes

• Main Authors: CHOW, Winston T. L., SALAMANCA, Francisco, GERGESCU, Matei, MAHALOV, Alex, MILNE, Jeffrey, RUDDELL, Benjamin L.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: Anthropogenic heat; Waste heat; Urban climate; Environmental Sciences
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3052; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4309/viewcontent/1_s2.0_S1352231014007468_main__1_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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