Evaluation of the Town Energy Balance model in cold and snowy conditions during the Montreal Urban Snow Experiment 2005

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 346-362

  Lemonsu, A ^a   Belair S ^b   Mailhot, J ^b   Leroyer, S ^c  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC HEAT; ANTHROPOGENIC HEAT FLUX; ENERGY BALANCE MODELS; ENERGY BUDGETS; ENERGY EXCHANGES; FLUX MEASUREMENTS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INTENSIVE OBSERVATIONAL PERIODS; MODELING RESULTS; OFFLINE MODES; PARAMETERIZATIONS; QUEBEC , CANADA; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SNOW COVERS; SNOW DENSITY; SNOW PROPERTIES; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; STORAGE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE RADIATION; TRANSITION PERIOD;

ENERGY BALANCE; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT STORAGE; ROADS AND STREETS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

SNOW;

ALBEDO; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY BALANCE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HEAT FLUX; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PARAMETERIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SPRING (SEASON); WINTER;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 77953562646     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2131.1     Document Type: Article

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