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Impact of Upstream Urbanization on the Urban Heat Island Effects along the Washington–Baltimore Corridor
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: lthough there has been considerable research on urban heat island (UHI) effects, most of the previous studies have attributed UHI effects to localized, surface processes. In this study, the impact of upstream urbanization ...
The Influences of Urban Building Complexes on the Ambient Flows over the Washington–Reston Region
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractThis paper examines the collective impacts of urban building complexes on the planetary boundary layer (PBL) winds using both observations and a mesoscale model. Horizontal winds measured on the rooftops of federal ...