Observation of the Urban Wind Island Effect

Urban wind island effect (UWI) is defined as a phenomenon in which boundary layer mean wind speeds in an urban area are noticeably higher than its neighboring rural areas. Unlike urban heat island effect which has been extensively studied, the UWI was only recently observed in a modeling study. Here...

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Main Authors: Baidar Sunil, Bonin Tim, Choukulkar Aditya, Brewer Alan, Hardesty Mike
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2020-01-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2020/13/epjconf_ilrc292020_06009.pdf