An urban "green planning" approach utilizing the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) modeling system. A case study of Athens, Greece

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 174-183

  Papangelis, Giorgos ^a   Tombrou, Maria ^a   Dandou, Aggeliki ^a   Kontos, Themis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atmospheric mesoscale model; Park cool island; Urban canopy model; Urban park

Indexed keywords

COOLING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; URBAN PLANNING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MESOSCALE MODELS; PARK COOL ISLANDS; SEA BREEZE CIRCULATION; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; URBAN CANOPY MODELS; URBAN MICROCLIMATE; URBAN PARKS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COOLING; GREENSPACE; INLAND SEA; LAND COVER; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA BREEZE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84857443887     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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