The role of urban boundary layer investigated with high-resolution models and ground-based observations in Rome area: A step towards understanding parameterization potentialities

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 315-332

  Pichelli, E ^a   Ferretti, R ^a   Cacciani, M ^b   Siani, A M ^b   Ciardini, V ^c   Di Iorio, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; INSTRUMENTATION; MOMENTUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; RESOLUTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

EID: 84893264027     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-315-2014     Document Type: Article

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