Climatic effects of 30 years of landscape change over the Greater Phoenix, Arizona, region: 1. Surface energy budget changes

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Georgescu, M ^a,b   Miguez Macho, G ^c   Steyaert, L T ^d   Weaver, C P ^a,e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Environmental Prediction   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AGRICULTURE; BUDGET CONTROL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HEATING; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; THERMAL EFFECTS; AEROSOLS; EXPERIMENTS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; RAIN; WATER RESOURCES;

ARIZONA; BIOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATIC EFFECTS; DAILY TEMPERATURES; DATA SETS; DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE; ENERGY BUDGETS; GRID-SPACINGS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; LAND AREAS; LAND COVER; LAND USE/LAND COVER; LAND-USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; LANDSAT IMAGES; LANDSCAPE CHANGES; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MESOSCALE; NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; POSITIVE EFFECTS; REGIONAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELING SYSTEMS; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SHRUBLAND; SURFACE ENERGY BUDGET; SURFACE RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TIME PERIODS; LANDSAT SATELLITE; MESOSCALE CIRCULATION; NEAR-SURFACE; NORTH AMERICAN; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PRECIPITATION RECYCLING; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; SURFACE HEATING; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA SET; ENERGY BUDGET; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; URBANIZATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; HEAT FLUX; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENT FLOW;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65849502631     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010745     Document Type: Article

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