High Resolution Simulation of the Variability of Surface Energy Balance Fluxes Across Central London with Urban Zones for Energy Partitioning

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 493-523

  Loridan, Thomas ^a,b   Lindberg, Fredrik ^a,c   Jorba, Oriol ^d   Kotthaus, Simone ^a   Grossman Clarke, Susanne ^e,f   Grimmond, C S B ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Risk Management Solutions RMS ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Land surface parameterization; London; Spatial variability; Urban canopy model; Urban energy fluxes; Urban Zones for Energy partitioning; Weather Research and Forecasting model

Indexed keywords

ENERGY PARTITIONING; LONDON; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; URBAN CANOPY MODELS; URBAN ENERGY; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

INTERFACIAL ENERGY; PARAMETERIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; URBAN PLANNING;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CANOPY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY FLUX; LAND SURFACE; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE ENERGY; TURBULENT FLOW; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84878401267     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-013-9797-y     Document Type: Article

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