Research Article

Numerical Study of the Effects of Topography and Urbanization on the Local Atmospheric Circulations over the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, China

Table 2

Summary of the numerical experiments.

ExperimentLand useTopographyInitial and boundary conditions

CNTLGlobCover 2009Realistic terrainIdealized conditions
FLATGlobCover 2009Flat terrainIdealized conditions
RURAL Change urban grids to cropland gridsRealistic terrainIdealized conditions
REALGlobCover 2009Realistic terrainRealistic conditions