How much can air conditioning increase air temperatures for a city like Paris, France?

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 210-227

  De Munck, Cécile ^a   Pigeon, Grégoire ^a   Masson, Valéry ^a   Meunier, Francis ^b   Bousquet, Pierre ^b   Tréméac, Brice ^b   Merchat, Michèle ^c   Poeuf, Pierre ^c   Marchadier, Colette ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

^c Climespace   (France)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Meso scale atmospheric modelling; Urban heat island; Urban micro climate

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELLING; CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT; COUPLED MODELS; EVAPORATIVE COOLING TOWERS; FREE-COOLING SYSTEMS; HEAT RELEASE; MESOSCALE; METEOROLOGICAL MODELS; MICRO-CLIMATE; PARIS , FRANCE; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SENSIBLE HEAT; URBAN ENERGY BALANCE; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBANIZED AREA;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; WASTE HEAT;

AIR CONDITIONING;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT ISLAND; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 84871618376     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3415     Document Type: Article

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