Seasonal dynamics of a suburban energy balance in Phoenix, Arizona

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 3863-3880

  Chow, Winston T L ^a,b   Volo, Thomas J ^b   Vivoni, Enrique R ^b,c   Jenerette, G Darrel ^d   Ruddell, Benjamin L ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Surface energy balance; Urban climate

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HOUSING; INTERFACIAL ENERGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC HEAT; EDDY COVARIANCE MEASUREMENTS; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MONSOONAL PRECIPITATION; MOST AVAILABLE ENERGIES; SEASONAL DYNAMICS; URBAN CLIMATES; URBAN SURFACE ENERGY BALANCES;

URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 84914102408     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3947     Document Type: Article

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