Validation of a numerical model for urban energy-exchange using outdoor scale-model measurements

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1931-1942

  Kawai, Toru ^a   Kanda, Manabu ^a   Narita, Kenichi ^b   Hagishima, Aya ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Model validation; Outdoor scale model experiment; Urban energy balance model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT STORAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

MODEL VALIDATION; OUTDOOR SCALE-MODEL; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE LAYER ENERGY FLUXES; URBAN ENERGY BALANCE MODEL; URBAN ENERGY-EXCHANGE;

ENERGY BALANCE;

ENERGY BALANCE; MODEL VALIDATION; MONIN-OBUKHOV THEORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 36549085085     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1624     Document Type: Conference Paper

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