Simulating surface-plant-air interactions inside urban environments with a three dimensional numerical model

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 373-384

  Bruse, Michael ^a   Fleer, Heribert ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary Layer Meteorology; Microclimate; Surface plant air interactions; Urban climatology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; PLANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MICROCLIMATE; SURFACE PLANT AIR INTERACTIONS; URBAN CLIMATOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MICROCLIMATE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032193323     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(98)00042-5     Document Type: Article

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