Numerical simulation of the impacts of the thermal effects of urban canopy structure on the formation and the intensity of the urban heat island

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 715-726

  Zhou, Rong Wei ^a,b   Jiang, Wei Mei ^a   He, Xiao Feng ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Intensity of urban heat island; Prognostic model; Urban boundary; Urban canopy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CANOPY EXCHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY BUDGET; HEAT FLUX; HEAT ISLAND; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SURFACE ENERGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 49149086830     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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