Articles | Volume 13, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-8525-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-8525-2013
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02 Sep 2013
Research article |  | 02 Sep 2013

The diurnal evolution of the urban heat island of Paris: a model-based case study during Summer 2006

H. Wouters, K. De Ridder, M. Demuzere, D. Lauwaet, and N. P. M. van Lipzig

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