Land cover, climate, and the summer surface energy balance in Phoenix, AZ, and Portland, OR

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 2020-2032

  Middel, Ariane ^a   Brazel, Anthony J ^a   Gober, Patricia ^a   Myint, Soe W ^a   Chang, Heejun ^b   Duh, Jiunn Der ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land cover; LUMPS; Sensitivity analysis; Surface energy balance; Urban climate; Urban heat island; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; AVAILABLE ENERGY; BOWEN RATIO; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; EXTREME WEATHER; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; LAND COVER; LAND USE AND LAND COVER; LOCAL CLIMATE; LUMPS; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; PORTLAND , OREGON; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; SENSIBLE HEAT; SUMMER MONTHS; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN CLIMATES; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN ENERGY BALANCE; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; VEGETATION FRACTIONS; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WEATHER EXTREMES;

ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT STORAGE; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; METEOROLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

LANDFORMS;

ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HEAT ISLAND; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUMMER; SURFACE ENERGY; URBAN AREA; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN DESIGN; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ARIZONA; OREGON; PHOENIX; PORTLAND [OREGON]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867996124     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2408     Document Type: Article

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