Visualization-based decision tool for urban meteorological modeling

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 271-288

  Aliaga, Daniel G ^a   Vanegas, Carlo ^a   Lei, Ming ^b   Niyogi, Dev ^b  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Integrating spatial and nonspatial data; Urban meteorology; Urban visualization

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; LAND USE; METEOROLOGY; MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL DATA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBAN PLANNING; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84875427282     PISSN: 02658135     EISSN: 14723417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/b38084     Document Type: Article

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