Impacts of in-canyon vegetation and canyon aspect ratio on the thermal environment of street canyons: numerical investigation using a coupled WRF-VUCM model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 142, Issue 699, 2016, Pages 2562-2578

  Lee, Sang Hyun ^a   Lee, Hyunho ^b   Park, Seung Bu ^b,c   Woo, Ju Wan ^a   Lee, Doo Il ^a   Baik, Jong Jin ^b  

^a Kongju National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

Author keywords

canopy air temperature; canyon aspect ratio; in canyon vegetation; street canyon; Vegetated Urban Canopy Model (VUCM); WRF model

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COOLING; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SOIL MOISTURE; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; STREET CANYON; URBAN CANOPY MODELS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WRF MODEL; ZERO-PLANE DISPLACEMENT;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CANOPY; NUMERICAL MODEL; STREET CANYON; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VEGETATION COVER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84978670419     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2847     Document Type: Article

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