Simulating the surface energy balance over two contrasting urban environments using the community land model urban

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 3182-3205

  Demuzere, Matthias ^a,b   Oleson, Keith ^c   Coutts, Andrew M ^b   Pigeon, Gregoire ^d   van Lipzig, Nicole P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic heat flux; Community Land Model Urban; Melbourne; Surface energy balance; Toulouse; Urban vegetation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT FLUX; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; ROADS AND STREETS; ROOFS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VEGETATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC HEAT FLUX; COMMUNITY LAND MODELS; MELBOURNE; TOULOUSE; URBAN VEGETATION;

URBAN GROWTH;

ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT FLUX; SURFACE ENERGY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN CLIMATE; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALIA; FRANCE; HAUTE GARONNE; MELBOURNE; MIDI-PYRENEES; TOULOUSE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84897105932     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3656     Document Type: Article

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