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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2020-01-01
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Series: | EPJ Web of Conferences |
Online Access: | https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2020/13/epjconf_ilrc292020_06009.pdf |