Diagnostic study of the effects of a large city on heavy rainfall as revealed by an ensemble simulation: A case study of central Tokyo, Japan

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 713-728

  Inamura, Tomohiko ^a   Izumi, Takeki ^a   Matsuyama, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ensembles; Extreme events; Heat islands; Rainfall; Urban meteorology

Indexed keywords

ENSEMBLES; EXTREME EVENTS; HEAT ISLAND; RAINFALL; URBAN METEOROLOGY;

LAND USE; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGY; REGIONAL PLANNING; VAPORS; VEGETATION;

RAIN;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTREME EVENT; HEAT ISLAND; LAND USE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; URBAN CLIMATE;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO]; TOKYO [TOKYO (PRF)];

EID: 79955044688     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2553.1     Document Type: Article

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