Key conclusions of the first international urban land surface model comparison project

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 805-819

  Best, M J ^a,b   Grimmmmond, C S B ^c  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY;

IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURES; LAND SURFACE MODELING; URBAN MODEL;

SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84938058899     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: 15200477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00122.1     Document Type: Article

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