Urban thermodynamic island in a coastal city analysed from an optimized surface network

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 315-351

  Pigeon, Grégoire ^a   Lemonsu, Aude ^a   Long, Nathalie ^b   Barrié, Joël ^a   Masson, Valéry ^a   Durand, Pierre ^c  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal city; EOF; Surface network; UBL ESCOMPTE; Urban heat isand

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE;

AIRFLOW PATTERNS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE; THERMODYNAMIC SURFACE FIELDS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEAT ISLAND; THERMODYNAMICS;

BOUCHES-DU-RHONE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MARSEILLES; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33747684703     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-006-9050-z     Document Type: Article

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