An observational and modeling study of characteristics of urban heat island and boundary layer structures in Beijing

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 484-501

  Miao, Shiguang ^a,b   Chen, Fei ^b   LeMone, Margaret A ^b   Tewari, Mukul ^b   Li, Qingchun ^a   Wang, Yingchun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEIJING AREA; BOUNDARY LAYER STRUCTURE; DIURNAL VARIATION; HORIZONTAL CONVECTIVE ROLLS; MODEL SIMULATION; MODELING STUDIES; MODELING SYSTEMS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYERS; SENSITIVITY TESTS; SINGLE LAYER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE OBSERVATION; URBAN BUILDINGS; URBAN CANOPIES; URBAN CANOPY MODELS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN LAND USE; URBAN STRUCTURE; URBAN SURFACES; URBAN-RURAL; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WIND SPEED;

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLIDS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS;

MODEL STRUCTURES;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEAT ISLAND; MODELING; MODIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN CLIMATE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 65549122154     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1909.1     Document Type: Article

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