Impact of the urban heat island effect on precipitation over a complex geographic environment in northern Taiwan

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 339-353

  Lin, Chuan Yao ^a   Chen, Wan Chin ^a   Chang, Pao Liang ^b   Sheng, Yang Fan ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heat islands; Microwave observations; Precipitation; Radar observations; Satellite observations; Urban meteorology

Indexed keywords

HEAT ISLAND; MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS; PRECIPITATION; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; URBAN METEOROLOGY;

LAND USE; METEOROLOGY; RADAR; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THERMAL POLLUTION; THUNDERSTORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LANDFORMS;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEX TERRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT ISLAND; LAND USE; MODIS; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; URBAN CLIMATE;

TAIWAN;

EID: 79953165033     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2504.1     Document Type: Article

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