Impact of urbanization on tropical mesoscale events: investigation of three heavy rainfall events
The growing worldwide trend in urbanization leading to the development of mega cities is likely to have a strong impact on local weather and climate through a variety of effects like Urban Heat Island (UHI), increased surface heat f ux and atmospheric air temperature. These changes, in turn, can hav...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Borntraeger
2010-08-01
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| Series: | Meteorologische Zeitschrift |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2010/0468 |