Simulating the regional impacts of urbanization and anthropogenic heat release on climate across China

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 7187-7203

  Feng, Jin Ming ^a   Wang, Yong Li ^a   Ma, Zhu Guo ^a   Liu, Yong He ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic effects; Climate change; Regional models

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; ANTHROPOGENIC HEAT; ANTHROPOGENIC HEAT RELEASE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL IMPACTS; REGIONAL MODEL; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SURFACE ALBEDO; SURFACE ENERGY BUDGET; SURFACE SOIL; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; UNDERLYING SURFACE; URBAN CANOPY MODELS; URBAN POPULATION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEAT FLUX; SOIL MOISTURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84867671530     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00333.1     Document Type: Article

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