Numerical study of urban impact on boundary layer structure: Sensitivity to wind speed, urban morphology, and rural soil moisture

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1247-1266

  Martilli, Alberto ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; MORPHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL TESTING; WIND EFFECTS;

RURAL SOIL MOISTURE;

METEOROLOGY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL MOISTURE; URBAN AREA; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0036971116     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2002)041<1247:NSOUIO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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