Modelling the impact of high-rise buildings in urban areas on precipitation initiation

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-161

  Carraca M G D ^a,b   Collier, C G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buildings; Convective precipitation; Radar; Urban boundary layer; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BUILDINGS; MORPHOLOGY; RADAR; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; TALL BUILDINGS;

CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; HIGH RISE BUILDING; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; URBAN BOUNDARY LAYERS; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBANIZATION;

HEAT FLUX;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BUILDING; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; HEATING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; URBAN AREA;

EID: 34447093160     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.15     Document Type: Article

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