Impacts of urbanization on summer climate in China: An assessment with coupled land-atmospheric modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 10,505-10,521

  Cao, Qian ^a   Yu, Deyong ^a   Georgescu, Matei ^b   Wu, Jianguo ^a,c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HEAT ISLAND; MIXING RATIO; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SUMMER; URBAN SPRAWL; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; GUANGDONG; HEBEI; TIANJIN; YANGTZE BASIN; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84988422821     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025210     Document Type: Article

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