Interfacing the Urban Land–Atmosphere System Through Coupled Urban Canopy and Atmospheric Models

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 427-448

  Song, Jiyun ^a   Wang, Zhi Hua ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Land use land cover changes; Land atmosphere interactions; Single column atmospheric model; Urban canopy model; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; LAND USE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; LAND SURFACE CONDITIONS; LAND USE LAND COVER CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISTIC; LOWER BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITIES; URBAN CANOPY MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EID: 84925490421     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: 15731472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-014-9980-9     Document Type: Article

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