Impact of anthropogenic heat emissions on London's temperatures

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 679, 2014, Pages 687-698

  Bohnenstengel, S I ^a   Hamilton, I ^b   Davies, M ^c   Belcher, S E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic emissions; Diurnal cycle; London; Surface energy balance; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY BALANCE; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC HEAT; ANTHROPOGENIC HEAT FLUX; DIURNAL CYCLE; LONDON; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

HEAT FLUX;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA PROCESSING; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT ISLAND; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SURFACE ENERGY; TIMESCALE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WARMING;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84896049716     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2144     Document Type: Article

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