Urbanization impacts on the climate in Europe: Numerical experiments by the PSU-NCAR mesoscale model (MM5)

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1442-1455

  Trusilova, K ^a,b   Jung, M ^a,b   Churkina, G ^a   Karsten, U ^a,c   Heimann, M ^a   Claussen, M ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b International Max Planck Research School for Earth Ecosystem Modeling   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BUDGET MODELS; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; LAND COVERS; LAND SURFACES; MESOSCALE MODELS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITIES; PRECIPITATION REDUCTIONS; REGIONAL SCALES; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; URBAN AREAS; URBAN LAND COVERS; URBAN LANDS; URBANIZATION IMPACTS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENERGY BUDGET; HEAT ISLAND; LAND COVER; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUMMER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; URBANIZATION; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 45449083169     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1624.1     Document Type: Article

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