William P. Lowry
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
5 Papers
16 Citations
William P. Lowry is an academic researcher from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. The author has contributed to research in topics: Precipitation & Humidity. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 5 publications.
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Papers
Empirical Estimation of Urban Effects on Climate: A Problem Analysis.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a framework for discussion of various estimators, uses the framework to make the case for a particular estimator, and then examines possible shortcomings of other estimators which appear in the literature.
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Advection and the surface energy balance across an irrigated urban park
TL;DR: In this article, the surface energy balance in an irrigated urban park in suburban Sacramento, CA is observed, and strong advective effects on evaporation are observed, especially in the afternoon and evening.
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Urban effects on precipitation amount
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors pointed out that the intrinsic physical differences between temperature and precipitation are important for their proper observation, analysis, presentation, and interpretation pertaining to urban effects, and that urban climatologists have had much greater success in specifying and explaining urban effects on temperature than on precipitation amount.
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An Attempt to Detect the Effects of a Steelworks on Precipitation Amounts in Central Hungary
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TL;DR: In this article, daily precipitation amounts from a 20-station network within 50 km of a major steelworks at Dunaujvaros have been analysed in two ways for a decade preceding construction of the works in the late 1950's and a decade immediately following.
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Clear-Sky Direct-Beam Solar Radiation Versus Altitude: A Proposal for Standard Soundings
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reexamine Klein's (1948) quantitative statements relating clear-sky direct-beam solar radiation to altitude for the lower troposphere, which are of the form (transmissivity) = B + A log (altitude).
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