Meso-urban meteorological and photochemical modeling of heat island mitigation

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 38, 2008, Pages 8795-8809

  Taha, Haider ^a  

^a Altostratus Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Meso urban modeling; Mesoscale modeling; Photochemical modeling; Urban heat islands

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EARTH SCIENCES; GASES; HEAT FLUX; KINETIC ENERGY; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; QUALITY CONTROL; SURFACE TREATMENT;

AIR TEMPERATURES; CANOPY LAYERS; CONTROL MECHANISMS; FLOW CONVERGENCES; HEAT ISLANDS; LEADING EDGES; MESO-URBAN MODELING; MESOSCALE MODELING; METEOROLOGICAL MODELS; MODEL RESULTS; OZONE CONCENTRATIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELING; PHOTOCHEMICAL SIMULATIONS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; QUALITY IMPACTS; SACRAMENTO , CALIFORNIA; SHORT TIME INTERVALS; SMALL AREAS; SURFACE MODIFICATIONS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGIES; URBAN AREAS; URBAN CANOPIES; URBAN HEAT ISLANDS; VERTICAL VARIATIONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; HEAT ISLAND; MITIGATION; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAT; METEOROLOGY; MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55549112186     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.06.036     Document Type: Article

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