Urban modification in a mesoscale model and the effects on the local circulation in the Pearl River Delta Region

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 457-476

  Lo, Jeff C F ^a,b   Lau, Alexis K H ^a   Chen, Fei ^c   Fung, Jimmy C H ^a   Leung, Kenneth K M ^d  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; LAND USE; THERMAL GRADIENTS; URBAN PLANNING;

LAND-SEA-BREEZE CIRCULATIONS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA SET; HEAT ISLAND; LAND USE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA BREEZE; SEA SURFACE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; URBAN CLIMATE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 34249093264     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2477.1     Document Type: Article

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