Numerical modelling of urban heat-island intensity

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 285-310

  Atkinson, B W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Non hydrostatic numerical model; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HEAT FLUX; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC HEAT; URBAN HEAT-ISLAND;

METEOROLOGY;

DIURNAL VARIATION; HEAT ISLAND; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0242574693     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025820326672     Document Type: Article

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