Evaluation of the Town Energy Balance (TEB) scheme with direct measurements from dry districts in two cities

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1011-1026

  Masson, Valéry ^a   Grimmond, C S B ^a   Oke, T R ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT STORAGE; METEOROLOGY; ROOFS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC DATA;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT FLUX; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; STREET CANYON;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; MEXICO; MEXICO CITY; VANCOUVER;

EID: 0036820549     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2002)041<1011:EOTTEB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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