Observed spatial characteristics of Beijing urban climate impacts on summer thunderstorms

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 94-105

  Dou, Jingjing ^a   Wang, Yingchun ^b   Bornstein, Robert ^c,d   Miao, Shiguang ^c  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b Beijing Meteorological Science and Technology Service Center   (China)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^d SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; LANDFORMS; THUNDERSTORMS; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES; WIND;

AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS; BREEZE CIRCULATION; INTERACTIVE EFFECT; MOUNTAIN VALLEYS; SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; WIND SPEED AND DIRECTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE EFFECT; HEAT ISLAND; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUMMER; THUNDERSTORM; URBAN CLIMATE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84922980804     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-13-0355.1     Document Type: Article

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