Effects of urbanization on the land sea breeze circulation over the pearl river delta region in winter

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1089-1104

  Lu, Xi ^a,b   Chow, Kim Chiu ^b   Yao, Teng ^b   Lau, Alexis K H ^b   Fung, Jimmy C H ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Land sea breeze; Pearl river delta; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

GEMS; LAND USE; RIVERS;

LAND-SEA BREEZE; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; PEARL RIVER DELTA; PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION; PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; POLLUTION PROBLEMS; URBANIZATION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; LAND BREEZE; LAND USE CHANGE; SEA BREEZE; SURFACE WIND; URBANIZATION; WINTER;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; SHENZHEN; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 77953164326     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1947     Document Type: Article

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