Impacts of urban processes and urbanization on summer precipitation: A case study of heavy rainfall in Beijing on 1 August 2006

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 806-825

  Miao, Shiguang ^a,b   Chen, Fei ^b   Li, Qingchun ^a   Fan, Shuiyong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesoscale models; Precipitation; Rainfall; Summer warm season; Urban meteorology

Indexed keywords

BEIJING CITY; CONVECTIVE CELL; FINE-SCALE SIMULATION; GRID-SPACINGS; HEAVY RAINFALL; LAND-USE SCENARIO; MESOSCALE MODEL; MODEL RESULTS; MOMENTUM TRANSPORTS; PRECIPITABLE WATER; SINGLE LAYER; SQUALL LINES; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; SUMMER/WARM SEASON; THERMAL TRANSPORT; URBAN AREAS; URBAN CANOPY MODELS; URBAN CORE; URBAN EFFECT; URBAN METEOROLOGY; URBAN SURFACES; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; HEATING; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

RAIN;

BIFURCATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; GPS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; STORM; SUMMER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 79958759954     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2513.1     Document Type: Article

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