Urban environments lie at the confluence of social, cultural, and economic activities and
have unique biophysical characteristics due to continued infrastructure development that …

A Review of Current Investigations of Urban-Induced Rainfall and Recommendations for the
Future in: Earth Interactions Volume 9 Issue 12 (2005) Jump to Content Jump to Main …

Rainfall Modification by Major Urban Areas: Observations from Spaceborne Rain Radar on the
TRMM Satellite in: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Volume 41 Issue 7 (2002) …

Weather and climate changes caused by human activities (eg, greenhouse gas emissions,
deforestation, and urbanization) have received much attention because of their impacts on …

摘要随着世界各国城市化的进展, 城市热岛效应已经成为一个跨学科领域的问题,
受到包括大气环境, 区域气候, 水文和生态等多学科科学家的关注. 在过去半个多世纪中 …

Urbanization and global warming are two of the major human impacts on the environment.
The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect can change precipitation patterns. Global warming also …

The authors establish the effect of urbanization on precipitation in the Pearl River Delta of
China with data from an annual land use map (1988–96) derived from Landsat images and …

Built environment changes the radiative, thermal and hydrological properties of the land
surface creating higher temperature over urban regions known as the Urban Heat Island …

There is increasing evidence that large coastal cities, like Houston, Texas, can influence
weather through complex urban land use–weather–climate feedbacks. Recent work in the …

There is increasing observational evidence that urban land cover can have a significant
effect on precipitation variability. Atlanta, because of its rapid urbanization, has been a focus …