A numeric study of regional climate change induced by urban expansion in the Pearl River Delta, China

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 346-362

  Wang, Xuemei ^a   Liao, Jingbiao ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Shen, Chong ^a   Chen, Weihua ^a   Xia, Beicheng ^a   Wang, Tijian ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mesoscale models; Numerical analysis modeling

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; MESO-SCALE MODELS; NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS/MODELING; PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMIDITY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; URBANIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84897629566     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-13-054.1     Document Type: Article

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