Observations of urban heat Island influence on lake-breeze frontal movement

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 702-710

  Keeler, Jason M ^a,b   Kristovich, David A R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Coastal meteorology; Marine boundary layer; Mesoscale processes; Mesoscale systems; Urban meteorology

Indexed keywords

CHICAGO; COASTAL POPULATION; CROSS SECTION; ENERGY USE; HIGH RESOLUTION; ILLINOIS; LAKE MICHIGAN; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; MESO-SCALE SYSTEMS; MESOSCALE PROCESS; NUMERICAL MODELING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROPAGATION SPEED; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; SEA BREEZE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SUBURBAN AREAS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; URBAN AREAS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN METEOROLOGY; URBAN-RURAL; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988 DOPPLER;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; METEOROLOGY; RADAR CROSS SECTION;

LAKES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DOPPLER RADAR; ENERGY USE; HEAT ISLAND; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA BREEZE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBURBAN AREA; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

CHICAGO; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; ILLINOIS; LAKE MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861743263     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-11-0166.1     Document Type: Article

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