Development and evaluation of an urban parameterization scheme in the Penn State/NCAR Mesoscale Model (MM5)

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Dandou, Antant ^a   Tombrou, M ^a   Akylas, E ^b   Soulakellis, N ^c   Bossioli, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT ISLAND; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 21444450548     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005192     Document Type: Article

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