Development of a Three-Dimensional Urban Energy Model for Predicting and Understanding Surface Temperature Distribution

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 303-321

  Yang, Xinyan ^a   Li, Yuguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Microscale urban heat island; Surface energy balance; Thermal radiation; Urban surface energy balance model; Urban thermal environment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE MODELING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE THERMAL RADIATION; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN SURFACE ENERGY BALANCES; URBAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN THERMAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT RADIATION; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BOUNDARY LAYER; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT ISLAND; SURFACE ENERGY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URBAN CLIMATE;

EID: 84884984535     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-013-9842-x     Document Type: Article

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