Modelling the impact of urbanisation on regional climate in the Greater London Area

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2388-2401

  Grawe, David ^a,b   Thompson, Heather L ^a   Salmond, Jennifer A ^a,c   Cai, Xiao Ming ^a   Schlünzen, K Heinke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

BEP; London; METRAS; Regional impact; UHI; Urban climate; Urban heat island; Urban parameterisation

Indexed keywords

BEP; LONDON; METRAS; REGIONAL IMPACTS; UHI; URBAN CLIMATES; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; RURAL AREAS;

WIND EFFECTS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; HEAT ISLAND; LAND COVER; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; TURBULENCE; URBAN CLIMATE; URBANIZATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84880849062     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3589     Document Type: Article

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