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Chapter 21

Urban Weather, Climate and Air Quality Modeling: Increasing Resolution and Accuracy Using Improved Urban Morphology

Susanne Grossman-Clarke,

Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5302, USA

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William L. Stefanov,

Image Science & Analysis Laboratory/ESCG, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA

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Joseph A. Zehnder,

Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, USA

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First published: 13 April 2011
https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470979563.ch21
Citations: 1

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Physical approaches for the representation of urban areas in regional atmospheric models

  • Remotely sensed data as input for regional atmospheric models

  • Case studies investigating the effects of urbanization on weather, climate and air quality

  • Conclusions

  • Acknowledgments

  • References

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