Numerical analysis on the contribution of urbanization to wind stilling: An example over the greater Beijing metropolitan area

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1105-1115

  Hou, Aizhong ^a,b   Ni, Guangheng ^a   Yang, Hanbo ^a   Lei, Zhidong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCES; METROPOLITAN AREA; SURFACE WIND SPEED; URBANIZATION IMPACT; URBANIZED AREA; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WIND SPEED;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; WIND EFFECTS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

METROPOLITAN AREA; REGIONAL PATTERN; SURFACE WIND; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBANIZATION; WIND VELOCITY;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84880310501     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-12-013.1     Document Type: Article

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