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Development of an operational modeling system for urban heat islands: an application to Athens, Greece
T. M. Giannaros
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Physics, Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, P.O. Box 149, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece
D. Melas
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Physics, Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, P.O. Box 149, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece
I. A. Daglis
National Observatory of Athens, Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing, Vas. Pavlou & Metaxa, 15236, Athens, Greece
now at: Department of Physics, University of Athens, 15784, Athens, Greece
I. Keramitsoglou
National Observatory of Athens, Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing, Vas. Pavlou & Metaxa, 15236, Athens, Greece
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