High-Resolution, Multilayer Modeling of Singapore's Urban Climate Incorporating Local Climate Zones

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 124, Issue 14, 2019, Pages 7764-7785

  Mughal, M O ^a   Li, Xian Xiang ^a   Yin, Tiangang ^b,c   Martilli, Alberto ^d   Brousse, Oscar ^e   Dissegna, Maria Angela ^f   Norford, Leslie K ^g  

^a SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d CIEMAT   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f FUTURE CITIES LABORATORY   (Singapore)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

local climate zone; sea land breeze; urban canopy model; urban heat island; WUDAPT

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CATCHMENT; HEAT ISLAND; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; MODELING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA BREEZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URBAN CLIMATE;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 85070319766     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2018JD029796     Document Type: Article

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