The Urban Climate,28: Volume 28 (International Geophysics) - Hardcover

Helmut E. Landsberg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0124359604 ISBN 13: 9780124359604

Publisher: Academic Press, 1981

Synopsis

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0124359604
• ISBN 13: 9780124359604
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 250