Simulation of the Impacts of Urbanization on Winter Meteorological Fields over the Pearl River Delta Region
Joint Authors
Jiang, Baolin
Lin, Wenshi
Luo, Naixing
Zeng, Liping
Li, Fangzhou
Li, Jiangnan
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-11-15
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The influences of urbanization on weather in Guangdong Province, China, were studied using the Weather Research and Forecasting model from 31 December 2009 through 3 January 2010.
Model outputs were compared with extensive monitoring of meteorological data to examine the simulation ability.
Model results between tests (with and without land-use change) show that the urbanization had major effects on meteorological fields across nearly the entire Pearl River Delta region and particularly in urban areas.
Studied fields (wind speed, temperature, precipitation, and sensible and latent heat fluxes) were affected by the urbanization of the PRD region.
The major influences occurred in urban areas, where wind speeds decreased greatly, while the daytime surface upward sensible heat flux clearly increased.
Unlike the sensible heat flux, the latent heat flux had a nonmonotonic increase or decrease.
As a consequence of the two heat fluxes, 2-m temperature varied with location and time.
Change of precipitation was complex.
The main rain band became more concentrated, while precipitation decreased upwind of the urban area and increased downwind.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Luo, Naixing& Zeng, Liping& Lin, Wenshi& Li, Fangzhou& Jiang, Baolin& Li, Jiangnan. 2017. Simulation of the Impacts of Urbanization on Winter Meteorological Fields over the Pearl River Delta Region. Advances in Meteorology،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1122543
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Luo, Naixing…[et al.]. Simulation of the Impacts of Urbanization on Winter Meteorological Fields over the Pearl River Delta Region. Advances in Meteorology No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-10.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Luo, Naixing& Zeng, Liping& Lin, Wenshi& Li, Fangzhou& Jiang, Baolin& Li, Jiangnan. Simulation of the Impacts of Urbanization on Winter Meteorological Fields over the Pearl River Delta Region. Advances in Meteorology. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1122543
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1122543