Modeling the impacts of anthropogenic heating on the urban climate of Philadelphia: A comparison of implementations in two PBL schemes

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-84

  Fan, Hongli ^a   Sailor, David J ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b Portland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesoscale modeling; PBL schemes; Urban heat islands; Waste heat

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC HEATING; URBAN CLIMATE SYSTEMS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; URBAN PLANNING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; ENERGY BALANCE; HEATING; MODELING; URBAN CLIMATE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT TREATMENT; HEATING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 9644289707     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.09.031     Document Type: Article

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