Calculation of air temperatures above the urban canopy layer from measurements at a rural operational weather station

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 472-483

  Bueno, Bruno ^a   Hidalgo, Julia ^b   Pigeon, Grégoire ^b   Norford, Leslie ^a   Masson, Valery ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction; Climate models; Climate prediction; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-LAND INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC SIMULATIONS; BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION; OUTDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CANOPY; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RURAL AREA; URBAN CLIMATE;

BASEL; BASEL-STADT; FRANCE; HAUTE GARONNE; MIDI-PYRENEES; SWITZERLAND; TOULOUSE;

EID: 84875025254     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-12-083.1     Document Type: Article

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