Numerical simulations of impacts of urbanization on heavy rainfall in Beijing using different land-use data

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 245-255

  Jiang, Xiaoyan ^a   Liu, Weidong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Heavy rainfall; Land use data; Numerical simulation; Urban heat island (UHI)

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT ISLAND; LAND USE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; URBANIZATION;

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

EID: 34548186511     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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