Aerodynamic properties of urban areas derived from analysis of surface form

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1262-1292

  Grimmond, C S B ^a   Oke, T R ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; URBAN AREA;

AERODYNAMICS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; URBAN AREA; URBAN CLIMATE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033382081     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<1262:APOUAD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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