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WRF/UCM simulations of the impacts of urban expansion and future climate change on atmospheric thermal environment in a Chinese megacity

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  • Yang Zhao

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Lei Zhong

    (University of Science and Technology of China
    CAS Center for Excellence in Comparative Planetology
    Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Climate Change)

  • Yaoming Ma

    (Chinese Academy of Science
    CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Science
    Lanzhou University)

  • Yunfei Fu

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Mingxing Chen

    (CAS)

  • Weiqiang Ma

    (Chinese Academy of Science
    CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences)

  • Chun Zhao

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Ziyu Huang

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Keqi Zhou

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

Abstract

Urban expansion and climate change can considerably influence the regional thermal environment. In this study, the effects of changes in land cover type and vegetation coverage (referred to as LU for short), gridded anthropogenic heat (AH) emission and future climate change on atmospheric thermal environment in a Chinese megacity, Hefei, are investigated by Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)/Urban Canopy Model (UCM) model. It is found that the increase of surface sensible heat in old urban areas is contributed by AH emission, while that in new urban areas is attributed to LU change. The LU change in new urban areas can lead to the decreased latent heat flux due to the reduction of vegetation coverage and the increase of impervious land surface. The contribution of LU change to the summer UHI intensity is about 0.76 ℃, and AH emission to that is about 0.17 ℃. The combined effects of LU change and AH emission in old urban areas are greater than those in new urban areas, leading to changes in daily mean 2-m air temperature, 2-m relative humidity (RH), and heat index in old (new) urban areas to be 1.08 ℃ (0.75 ℃), – 5.93% (– 4.96%), and 2.77 ℃ (1.76 ℃), respectively. At the end of the twenty-first century, the urban air temperature under RCP 4.5 (RCP 8.5) scenario is 0.7 ℃ (3 ℃) higher than that at present.

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  • Yang Zhao & Lei Zhong & Yaoming Ma & Yunfei Fu & Mingxing Chen & Weiqiang Ma & Chun Zhao & Ziyu Huang & Keqi Zhou, 2021. "WRF/UCM simulations of the impacts of urban expansion and future climate change on atmospheric thermal environment in a Chinese megacity," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 169(3), pages 1-17, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:climat:v:169:y:2021:i:3:d:10.1007_s10584-021-03287-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s10584-021-03287-7
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    1. Mengyao Li & Hongxia Luo & Zili Qin & Yuanxin Tong, 2023. "Spatial-Temporal Simulation of Carbon Storage Based on Land Use in Yangtze River Delta under SSP-RCP Scenarios," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-18, February.
    2. Xiamei Yao & Yuanyuan Chen & Qingyi Zhang & Zhongqiong Mou & Xiaojie Yao & Chun Ou, 2022. "Assessment of the Urban Expansion and Its Impact on the Eco-Environment—A Case Study of Hefei Municipal Area," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(17), pages 1-19, August.

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