Nested high-resolution modeling of the impact of urbanization on regional climate in three vast urban agglomerations in China

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Jun ^a   Feng, Jinming ^a   Yan, Zhongwei ^a   Hu, Yonghong ^b   Jia, Gensuo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b CENTER FOR EARTH OBSERVATION AND DIGITAL EARTH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CLIMATE MODELS; LAND USE; THERMAL STRESS; URBAN GROWTH; VAPORS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUD FRACTION; COMBINED EFFECT; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; CONVECTIVE INHIBITION; HEAT STRESS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; LAND USE AND LAND COVER; LOWER ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SURFACE ENERGY BUDGET; TEMPORAL CHANGE; URBAN AREAS; URBAN CANOPY MODELS; URBAN EXPANSION; URBAN LAND USE; URBAN SURFACES; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AGGLOMERATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBANIZATION; WATER VAPOR;

CHINA;

EID: 84868636190     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018226     Document Type: Article

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