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35 years of urban climate research at the 'Vancouver-Sunset' flux tower Christen, Andreas; Oke, Tim; Grimmond, Sue; Steyn, Douw; Roth, Matthias

Abstract

The ‘Sunset’ neighborhood in Vancouver, BC, Canada is one of the most extensively studied areas in urban climatology due to more than thirty years of research at the University of British Columbia’s micrometeorological tower. This contribution provides a brief history of this unique urban research tower, and shows how selected developments in urban climatology were linked to work at this site. The contribution highlights some of the past and ongoing research activities on the urban energy balance, on turbulence, and urban trace-gas flux measurements.

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35 years of urban climate research at the 'Vancouver-Sunset' flux tower
Creator
Christen, Andreas; Oke, Tim; Grimmond, Sue; Steyn, Douw; Roth, Matthias
Publisher
FluxLetter
Date Issued
2013-03
Description
The ‘Sunset’ neighborhood in Vancouver, BC, Canada is one of the most extensively studied areas in urban climatology due to more than thirty years of research at the University of British Columbia’s micrometeorological tower. This contribution provides a brief history of this unique urban research tower, and shows how selected developments in urban climatology were linked to work at this site. The contribution highlights some of the past and ongoing research activities on the urban energy balance, on turbulence, and urban trace-gas flux measurements.
Subject
Climate; Greenhouse gases; Turbulence; Energy balance; micrometeorology
Geographic Location
Vancouver (B.C.)
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2014-08-11
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada
DOI
10.14288/1.0103588
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/49980
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; Geography, Department of
Citation
FluxLetter, 5 (2), 29-37
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/
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