Impact of city belt in Yangtze River Delta in China on a precipitation process in summer: A case study

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 125-126, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-75

  Wan, Hongchao ^a   Zhong, Zhong ^a   Yang, Xiuqun ^b   Li, Xunqiang ^a  

^a PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

City belt; Downstream propagation; Precipitation; UHI

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATED RAINFALL; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; COASTAL URBAN AREA; GENERAL CIRCULATION; PRECIPITATION PROCESS; RAINSTORM PROCESS; REGIONAL SCALE; THERMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; UHI; URBAN AREAS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

LASERS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STORMS; URBAN GROWTH; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; HEAT ISLAND; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINSTORM; SUMMER; URBAN CLIMATE;

CHINA; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 84874742334     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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