Observations of urban boundary layer structure during a strong urban heat island event

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 373-398

  Barlow, J F ^a   Halios, C H ^a   Lane, S E ^b   Wood, C R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Doppler lidar; Turbulence profiles; Urban boundary layer; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893699831     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: 15731510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-014-9335-6     Document Type: Article

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