Urbanization causes increased cloud base height and decreased fog in coastal Southern California

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1527-1536

  Williams, A Park ^a   Schwartz, Rachel E ^b   Iacobellis, Sam ^b   Seager, Richard ^a   Cook, Benjamin I ^a,c   Still, Christopher J ^d   Husak, Gregory ^e   Michaelsen, Joel ^e  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; coastal California; fog; stratus; urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; FOG;

CALIFORNIA; DEW POINT DEPRESSION; ENERGY AND WATER BALANCE; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; STRATUS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD COVER; ENERGY BALANCE; FOG; HEAT ISLAND; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; STRATUS; URBANIZATION; WATER BUDGET;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925863139     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063266     Document Type: Article

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