Comparison of four methods to estimate urban heat storage

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1766-1781

  Roberts, Sarah M ^a   Oke, T R ^a   Grimmond, C S B ^b,c   Voogt, J A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND;

HEAT STORAGE FLUXES; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE (SEB); THERMAL MASS; URBAN HEAT STORAGE;

HEAT STORAGE;

ENERGY BALANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; URBAN CLIMATE;

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

EID: 33846185958     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2432.1     Document Type: Article

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