Impact of environmental flows on the daytime urban boundary layer structures over the Baltimore metropolitan region

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Shou, Yi Xuan ^a,b   Zhang, Da Lin ^b  

^a NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Advective processes; Hot plumes; Urban boundary layer; Urban canopy model; Urban heat islands

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT ISLAND; METROPOLITAN AREA; MORPHOMETRY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954442529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.252     Document Type: Article

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