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BOUNDARY-LAYER METEOROLOGY
Volume 114, Issue 1, Pages 143-163Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-004-8947-7
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dewfall; humidity; lysimeter; surface moisture; urban climate; urban dew
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Canopy-level humidity is often less at night during fine weather in a mid-latitude city, compared to its rural surroundings. This feature has been attributed, in part, to reduced urban dew, but links are largely unproven, because urban dew data are rare. In this study, surface moisture (i.e., dew + guttation by blotting) and dewfall (by mini-lysimeter) were measured at rural and urban residential sites in Vancouver, Canada, during the summer of 1996. Air temperature and humidity were measured at both sites, and on rural-to-urban vehicle traverses. Weather and location effects were evident. Humidity data suggested the small (<1 g m(-3)) urban moisture excess observed on fine nights was linked to reduced urban dew. For grass, the frequency of moisture events, and surface moisture amounts, were similar for both sites. However, on grass, rural dewfall (mean = 0. 10 mm per night) was more than urban dewfall (mean= 0.07 mm per night). On the other hand, data for a 'roof' lysimeter (mean dewfall=0.12 mm per night) showed that an urban roof could rival rural grass as a favoured location for dewfall in Vancouver.
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