Large-Eddy Simulation of Mesoscale Circulations Forced by Inhomogeneous Urban Heat Island

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 179-194

  Zhang, Ning ^a   Wang, Xueyuan ^a   Peng, Zhen ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Large eddy simulation; Mesoscale circulation; Urban heat island; Weather research and forecasting model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRATIFICATION; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; INTENSITY HETEROGENEITY; MESOSCALE CIRCULATION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; URBAN AND RURAL AREAS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COSINE TRANSFORMS; HEAT FLUX; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; RURAL AREAS; THERMAL POLLUTION; WIND;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT ISLAND; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN CLIMATE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84896704300     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-013-9879-x     Document Type: Article

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