The surface energy balance and boundary layer over urban street canyons

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 621, 2006, Pages 2749-2768

  Harman, Ian N ^a,b   Belcher, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Urban energy balance; Urban heat island; Urban meteorology

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MORPHOLOGY; REFLECTION;

RADIATION BUDGET; SENSIBLE-HEAT FLUX; URBAN ENERGY BALANCE; URBAN METEOROLOGY;

METEOROLOGY;

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT CAPACITY; HEAT ISLAND; RADIATION BUDGET; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; STREET CANYON; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 33846892059     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.185     Document Type: Article

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