Mesoscale convective precipitation system modified by urbanization in Beijing City

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 112-126

  Guo, Xueliang ^a   Fu, Danhong ^a   Wang, Jing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing City; Convective system; Urbanized modification

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODERNIZATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIND;

CLOUD STRUCTURE; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZED MODIFICATION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ALBEDO; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; HEAT FLUX; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33749143849     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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