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2 - Urban Climate Science

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2018

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Daniel A. Bader ,
Reginald Blake ,
Alice Grimm ,
Rafiq Hamdi ,
Yeonjoo Kim ,
Radley Horton ,
Cynthia Rosenzweig ,
Keith Alverson ,
Stuart Gaffin  and
Stuart Crane
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Cynthia Rosenzweig ,
William D. Solecki ,
Patricia Romero-Lankao ,
Shagun Mehrotra ,
Shobhakar Dhakal  and
Somayya Ali Ibrahim
Cynthia Rosenzweig
Affiliation:
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
William D. Solecki
Affiliation:
Hunter College, City University of New York
Patricia Romero-Lankao
Affiliation:
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
Shagun Mehrotra
Affiliation:
New School University, New York
Shobhakar Dhakal
Affiliation:
Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand
Somayya Ali Ibrahim
Affiliation:
Earth Institute at Columbia University/NASA GISS, New York
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Climate Change and Cities
Second Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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