HEAT island studies at Delhi

Authors

  • H. D. BAHL
  • B. PADMANABHAMURTY

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54302/mausam.v30i1.2992

Keywords:

HEAT island, Delhi, temperature surveys

Abstract

Mobile temperature surveys were conducted in Delhi during the winter months in the early hours m of 18 December 1976,29 Jauary1977, 26 February 1977 and 26 March1977. The surveys show the formation of heat island within the thickly populated walled city encompassing areas from Delhi Gate, Chandni Chowk to Ajmeri Gate. Secondary, Heat Island in the trans-Yamuna area and near Y usaf Sarai area in South Delhi are also found. The maximum temperature difference between the warmest part of the city and the coldest area of the suburb was nearly 5°C during December  which increased to nearly 7°C in the months January to March.

Downloads

Published

01-01-1979

How to Cite

[1]
H. D. . BAHL and B. . PADMANABHAMURTY, “HEAT island studies at Delhi”, MAUSAM, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 119–122, Jan. 1979.

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 1 (1979): MAUSAM

Section

Shorter Contribution

License

Copyright (c) 2021 MAUSAM

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

All articles published by MAUSAM are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This permits anyone.

Anyone is free:

  • To Share - to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • To Remix - to adapt the work.

Under the following conditions:

  • Share - copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
  • Adapt - remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even
    commercially.