Simulations of a heat-wave event in New York City using a multilayer urban parameterization

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 283-301

  Gutiérrez, Estatio ^a   González, Jorge E ^a   Martilli, Alberto ^b   Bornstein, Robert ^c   Arend, Mark ^d  

^a City University of New York   (United States)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Land surface model; Mesoscale models; Model comparison; Model errors; Model evaluation performance

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLIMATOLOGY; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; LAND USE; MULTILAYERS; PARAMETERIZATION; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

LAND SURFACE MODELING; MESO-SCALE MODELS; MODEL COMPARISON; MODEL ERRORS; MODEL EVALUATION/PERFORMANCE;

BUILDINGS;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT ISLAND; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; URBAN CLIMATE; WIND VELOCITY;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84936953118     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-14-0028.1     Document Type: Article

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