Thermal effects of urban canyon structure on the nocturnal heat island: Numerical experiment using a mesoscale model coupled with an urban canopy model

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1899-1910

  Kusaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Kimura, Fujio ^b  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC HEATING; CANYON STRUCTURE; NOCTURNAL TEMPERATURE;

METEOROLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COOLING; HEAT ISLAND; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; STREET CANYON;

EID: 13244265880     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2169.1     Document Type: Article

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