Anthropogenic heating of the urban environment due to air conditioning

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 5949-5965

  Salamanca, F ^a   Georgescu, M ^a   Mahalov, A ^a   Moustaoui, M ^a   Wang, M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; URBAN PLANNING; WASTE HEAT; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; URBAN CLIMATES; URBAN ENERGY CONSUMPTION; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BOUNDARY LAYER; COOLING; HEATING; METROPOLITAN AREA; PREDICTION; SEMIARID REGION; URBAN AREA;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902840260     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021225     Document Type: Article

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