Impact of urbanization on heavy convective precipitation under strong large-scale forcing: A case study over the Milwaukee-Lake Michigan region

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 261-278

  Yang, Long ^a,b   Smith, James A ^b   Baeck, Mary Lynn ^b   Bou Zeid, Elie ^b   Jessup, Stephen M ^c   Tian, Fuqiang ^a   Hu, Heping ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective storms; Numerical analysis modeling; Storm tracks; Urban meteorology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894043092     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-13-020.1     Document Type: Article

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