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Spatio-temporal variability of the atmospheric boundary layer depth over the Paris agglomeration: An assessment of the impact of the urban heat island intensity

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In this article, a lidar-based experimental investigation of the variability of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) depths was performed over four days in March 2011 under clear sky conditions.
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This article is published in Atmospheric Environment.The article was published on 2012-12-01. It has received 114 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Urban heat island & Convective Boundary Layer.

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Progress in observing and modelling the urban boundary layer

TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider progress made in studies of the urban boundary layer (UBL) in terms of a conceptual framework spanning microscale to mesoscale determinants of UBL structure and evolution.
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An attempt at estimating Paris area CO 2 emissions from atmospheric concentration measurements

TL;DR: In this article, atmospheric inversion is used to adjust the daily to monthly budget of fossil fuel CO2 emissions of the Paris urban area from the prior estimates established by the Airparif local air quality agency.
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Numerical study of the urban heat island over Athens (Greece) with the WRF model

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model coupled with the Noah land surface model to simulate the city of Athens, Greece, during two selected days.
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Spatio-temporal modeling of the urban heat island in the Phoenix metropolitan area: land use change implications.

TL;DR: It is suggested that urban planners, decision-makers, and city managers formulate new policies and regulations that encourage residential, commercial, and industrial developers to include more vegetation when planning new construction.
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Spatiotemporal Variation in Surface Urban Heat Island Intensity and Associated Determinants across Major Chinese Cities

TL;DR: This research provides a comprehensive and comparative characterization of the diurnal and seasonal variation in surface UHI intensities (SUHIIs) across 67 major Chinese cities and found that the SUHII varied significantly in character between northern and southern China.
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An Introduction to Boundary Layer Meteorology

TL;DR: In this article, the boundary layer is defined as the boundary of a boundary layer, and the spectral gap is used to measure the spectral properties of the boundary layers of a turbulent flow.
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Boundary Layer Climates.

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Boundary layer climates

TL;DR: This modern climatology textbook explains those climates formed near the ground in terms of the cycling of energy and mass through systems.
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Review and intercomparison of operational methods for the determination of the mixing height

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a review of the literature on the analysis of profile measurements and the use of parameterisations and simple models, and suggest for the preprocessor development and for future research activities.
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