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Urbanization Impacts on the Climate in Europe: Numerical Experiments by the PSU-NCAR Mesoscale Model (MM5)
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Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
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May 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright American Meteorological Society May 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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ABSTRACT
The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of urban land on the climate in Europe on local and regional scales. Effects of urban land cover on the climate are isolated using the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University-National Center for Atmospheric Research (PSU-NCAR) Mesoscale Model (MM5) with a modified land surface scheme based on the Town Energy Budget model. Two model scenarios represent responses of climate to different states of urbanization in Europe: 1) no urban areas and 2) urban land in the actual state in the beginning of the twenty-first century. By comparing the simulations of these contrasting scenarios, spatial differences in near-surface ...
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