Impact of Land-Use Change on Atmospheric Environment Using Refined Land Surface Properties in the Pearl River Delta, China
Joint Authors
Chan, Pak-Wai
Lai, Anqi
Liu, Yiming
Chen, Xiaoyang
Chang, Ming
Fan, Qi
Wang, Xuemei
Dai, Jianing
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-15, 15 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-12-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
15
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We replaced the outdated land-use of the Weather Research and Forecasting-Chemistry (WRF-Chem) model with a refined dataset, the Global Land Cover 2009 (GLC2009) dataset, to investigate the impact of land-use change on the regional atmospheric environment in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region.
Simulations of two months in 2014 (January and July) showed that land-use change increased the monthly averaged 2 m temperature by 0.24°C and 0.27°C in January and July, respectively.
The relative humidity decreased by 2.02% and 2.23% in January and July, respectively.
Due to the increase in ground roughness, the monthly averaged wind speed in January and July decreased by 0.19 m/s and 0.16 m/s.
The planetary boundary layer height increased throughout the day and with larger relative increase during the nighttime.
These subtle changes caused by land-use resulted in discernable changes in pollutant concentrations.
Monthly averaged surface O3 concentration increased by 0.93 µg/m3 and 1.61 µg/m3 in January and July, while PM2.5 concentration decreased by 1.58 µg/m3 and 3.76 µg/m3, and the changes in pollutant concentrations were more noticeable during the nighttime.
Overall, the impacts of land-use change on the atmospheric environment are obvious throughout the PRD region, especially in the urbanized areas.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lai, Anqi& Liu, Yiming& Chen, Xiaoyang& Chang, Ming& Fan, Qi& Chan, Pak-Wai…[et al.]. 2016. Impact of Land-Use Change on Atmospheric Environment Using Refined Land Surface Properties in the Pearl River Delta, China. Advances in Meteorology،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1095446
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lai, Anqi…[et al.]. Impact of Land-Use Change on Atmospheric Environment Using Refined Land Surface Properties in the Pearl River Delta, China. Advances in Meteorology No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1095446
American Medical Association (AMA)
Lai, Anqi& Liu, Yiming& Chen, Xiaoyang& Chang, Ming& Fan, Qi& Chan, Pak-Wai…[et al.]. Impact of Land-Use Change on Atmospheric Environment Using Refined Land Surface Properties in the Pearl River Delta, China. Advances in Meteorology. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1095446
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1095446