The effect of urbanisation on the climatology of thunderstorm initiation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 688, 2015, Pages 663-675

  Haberlie, Alex M ^a   Ashley, Walker S ^a   Pingel, Thomas J ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic climate change; Convective initiation; Image analysis; Urban climatology

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND USE; THUNDERSTORMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; CLIMATOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; CONVECTIVE INITIATION; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; PREVAILING WIND DIRECTIONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHARACTER; THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT; URBAN CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND USE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; THUNDERSTORM; URBANIZATION;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928295523     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2499     Document Type: Article

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