A modification to the NOAH LSM to simulate heat mitigation strategies in the New York City metropolitan area

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-216

  Lynn, Barry H ^a,e   Carlson, Toby N ^b   Rosenzweig, Cynthia ^a   Goldberg, Richard ^a   Druyan, Leonard ^a   Cox, Jennifer ^c   Gaffin, Stuart ^a   Parshall, Lily ^a   Civerolo, Kevin ^d  

^a NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^e Weather It Is LTD   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CITY RESIDENTS; COOLING ENERGY; EFFICIENT STRATEGY; EXCHANGE COEFFICIENTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOCAL ROUGHNESS; MESOCALE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MITIGATION STRATEGY; NEW APPROACHES; NEW YORK CITY; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; MOISTURE; ROADS AND STREETS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMAL STRESS; THERMOELASTICITY; WIND POWER;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT ISLAND; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUMERICAL MODEL; REFLECTIVITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66149147910     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1774.1     Document Type: Article

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