The Urban Climate : Volume 28 Hardback
by Helmut E. (University of Maryland, College Park, U.S.A.) Landsberg
Part of the International Geophysics series
Hardback
Description
The Urban Climate aims to summarize analytical studies directed toward physical understanding of the rural-urban differences in the atmospheric boundary layer.
Attempts to quantify conditions have met with some success.
There is certainly a clear understanding of the physical relations that create the climatic differences of urbanized areas.
Although some of the earlier classical studies are cited here, the emphasis is on the work done during the last decade and a half.
This volume comprises 11 chapters, beginning with an introductory chapter discussing the literature surrounding the topic, its historical development, and the problem of local climate modification.
The second chapter presents an assessment of the urban atmosphere on a synoptic and local scale, and examines the observational procedures involved.
The following chapters then go on to discuss urban air composition; urban energy fluxes; the urban heat island; the urban wind field; models of urban temperature and wind fields; moisture, clouds, and hydrometeors; urban hydrology; special aspects of urban climate; and finally, urban planning.
This book will be of interest to practitioners in the fields of meteorology, urban planning, and urban climatology.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:275 pages
- Publisher:Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
- Publication Date:28/08/1981
- Category:
- ISBN:9780124359604
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:275 pages
- Publisher:Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
- Publication Date:28/08/1981
- Category:
- ISBN:9780124359604
