Urban surface energy balance models: Model characteristics and methodology for a comparison study

Meteorological and Air Quality Models for Urban Areas

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 97-123

  Grimmond, C S B ^a   Best, Martin ^b   Barlow, Janet ^c   Arnfield, A J ^d   Baik, J J ^e   Baklanov, A ^f   Belcher, S ^c   Bruse, M ^g   Calmet, I ^h   Chen, F ⁱ   Clark, P ^b   Dandou, A ^j   Erell, E ^k   Fortuniak, K ^l   Hamdi, R ^m   Kanda, M ⁿ   Kawai, T ⁿ   Kondo, H ^o   Krayenhoff, S ^p   Lee, S H ^e   Limor, S B ^k   Martilli, A ^q   Masson, V ^r   Miao, S ^s   Mills, G ^t   Moriwaki, R ⁿ   Oleson, K ⁱ   Porson, A ^c   Sievers, U ^u   Tombrou, M ^j   Voogt, J ^v   Williamson, T ^w   more..

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^f DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^g JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DES FLUIDES   (France)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^k BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^m ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

ⁿ TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^p UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^q CIEMAT   (Spain)

^r Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques   (France)

^s Institute of Urban Meteorology   (China)

^t UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^u DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^v UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^w UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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EID: 84889829881     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-00298-4_11     Document Type: Chapter

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