Modified RAMS-Urban canopy model for heat island simulation in Chongqing, China

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 509-524

  Zhang, Hongbin ^a,d   Sato, Naoki ^b   Izumi, Takeki ^c   Hanaki, Keisuke ^a   Aramaki, Toshiya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; ROADS AND STREETS; ULTRASONICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC HEATS; CHONGQING; CHONGQING , CHINAS; GEOMETRIC STRUCTURES; HEAT ISLANDS; METEOROLOGICAL MODELS; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; NEW MODELS; NONHYDROSTATIC; OBSERVATIONAL DATUMS; ORIGINAL MODELS; REGIONAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELING SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY TESTS; SINGLE LAYERS; STREET CANYONS; THERMODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN CANOPIES; URBAN CANOPY MODELS; URBAN HEAT ISLANDS; URBAN REGIONS; WATER FLUXES;

RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; HEAT FLUX; HEAT ISLAND; STREET CANYON; URBAN CLIMATE;

ASIA; CHINA; CHONGQING; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 57649187217     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1397.1     Document Type: Article

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