Observed sea surface temperature of Tokyo bay and its impact on urban air temperature

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2054-2068

  Oda, Ryoko ^a,b   Kanda, Manabu ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DIURNAL VARIATION; HORIZONTAL GRADIENTS; IN-SITU; KUROSHIO; NEAR-SURFACE; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOUTH-WESTERLY WINDS; STABILITY CONDITION; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TOKYO BAY; TURBULENT MIXING; URBAN AIR; URBAN ATMOSPHERES; WATER DISCHARGES; WATER SURFACE; WIND SPEED;

OCEAN CURRENTS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TURBULENT MIXING; URBAN AREA; WESTERLY; WIND VELOCITY;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO BAY;

EID: 77649156831     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2163.1     Document Type: Article

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