Simulating Australian Urban Climate in a Mesoscale Atmospheric Numerical Model

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 149-175

  Thatcher, Marcus ^a   Hurley, Peter ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mesoscale environmental modelling; Surface energy balance; Urban canopy model

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION MODELS; AIR TEMPERATURE; CANYON WALLS; COMBINED SYSTEM; ENERGY BUDGETS; ENERGY SINKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING; MELBOURNE , AUSTRALIA; MESOSCALE; MONITORING STATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARAMETRIZATIONS; PROGNOSTIC VARIABLES; RECIRCULATIONS; REGIONAL CLIMATE SIMULATION; SUBURBAN AREAS; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES; URBAN CANOPIES; URBAN CANOPY MODELS; URBAN CANYONS; URBAN CLIMATES; URBAN ENERGY;

BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURGE PROTECTION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CANOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT FLUX; MESOSCALE MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUBURBAN AREA; SURFACE ENERGY; TURBULENT FLOW; URBAN CLIMATE;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 82455167798     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-011-9663-8     Document Type: Article

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