Impacts of Land Cover Change on the Near-Surface Temperature in the North China Plain

This study first tested and verified the ability of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to simulate the near-surface temperature in the North China Plain. Then the static land cover data in the WRF were replaced, and thereafter the modified WRF model was used to explore the impacts of l...

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Main Authors: Ruijie Qu, Xiaolin Cui, Haiming Yan, Enjun Ma, Jinyan Zhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Advances in Meteorology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/409302