Impact of city size on precipitation-modifying potential

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 5263-5267

  Schmid, Paul E ^a   Niyogi, Dev ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

land atmosphere interactions; thunderstorms; urbanization

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SIMULATION; DEPRESSION EFFECT; MODELING TECHNIQUE; PRECIPITATION SUPPRESSION; REGIONAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELING SYSTEMS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN MODIFICATION; URBANIZATION;

SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

THUNDERSTORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; HEAT ISLAND; LAND SURFACE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SIMULATION; THUNDERSTORM; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84884769429     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50656     Document Type: Article

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