Numerical simulations of boundary-layer processes and urban-induced alterations in an Alpine valley

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1111-1131

  Giovannini, Lorenzo ^a,b   Zardi, Dino ^a,b   De Franceschi, Massimiliano ^a,b,c   Chen, Fei ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b National Consortium of Universities for Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Physics (CINFAI)   (Italy)

^c Major Seminary Diocese of Bolzano Bressanone ^*  (Italy)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesoscale models; Thermally driven circulations; Urban heat island; Urban parameterizations; Valley city; Valley winds

Indexed keywords

MESO-SCALE MODELS; THERMALLY DRIVEN; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN PARAMETERIZATIONS; VALLEY CITY; VALLEY WINDS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; FLOWING WELLS; LAKES; PARAMETERIZATION; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

LANDFORMS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT ISLAND; NUMERICAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; VALLEY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADIGE VALLEY; ITALY; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE; TRENTO;

EID: 84900646528     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3750     Document Type: Article

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