Coupling a single-layer urban canopy model with a simple atmospheric model: Impact on urban heat island simulation for an idealized case

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-80

  Kusaka, Hiroyuki ^a,c   Kimura, Fujio ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; HEAT ISLAND; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN CLIMATE;

EID: 2942530527     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.82.67     Document Type: Article

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