Temperature rise in a tropical south-eastern Asian city, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, caused by extended urbanization: numerical analysis for 1970, 2000, and 2020 based on land-use distribution

Temperature rise in a tropical south-eastern Asian city, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, caused by extended urbanization: numerical analysis for 1970, 2000, and 2020 based on land-use distribution

Annual average of observed temperature at Senai (International Airport of Johor Bahru, JB) in the suburbs of JB,Malaysia has been increased by about 1.1°C for the last three decades. In the present study, this phenomenon as investigated numerically by using PSU/NCAR meso-scale model (MM5) with land...

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Main Authors: Kitada, Toshihiro, Kobayashi, Eisuke Kobayashi, Kurata, Gakuji, Ho, Chin Siong
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2006
Subjects:
GE Environmental Sciences
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/6625/
http://eprints.utm.my/6625/1/Toshihiro_Eisuke2006_TemperatureRiseInATropicalSouth.pdf

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