Urban Meteorology: Forecasting, Monitoring, and Meeting Users' Needs

by Committee on Urban Meteorology Scoping t, Division on Earth and Life Sciences, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climat, et al.

According to the United Nations, three out of five people will be living in cities worldwide by the year 2030. The United States continues to experience urbanization with its vast urban corridors on the east and west coasts. Although urban weather is driven by large synoptic and meso-scale features, weather events unique to the urban environment arise from the characteristics of the typical urban setting, such as large areas covered by buildings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309252172
• ISBN13: 9780309252171
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 190 Pages