The effect of changes of urban surfaces on rainfall phenomenon as determined by a non-hydrostatic mesoscale model

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 733-751

  Matheson, Mark A ^a   Ashie, Yasunobu ^a  

^a BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; LAND SURFACE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MICROMETEOROLOGY; RAINFALL; URBAN CLIMATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 58049120778     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.86.733     Document Type: Article

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