期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY
卷 37, 期 2, 页码 890-904出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4747
关键词
lumped urban air temperature model; urban cool island degree hours; urban heat island degree hours; urban morphology
资金
- Research Grants Council Collaborative Research Fund Scheme of Hong Kong [HKU9/CRF/12G]
The urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon has been studied extensively, but there are relatively fewer reports on the so-called urban cool island (UCI) phenomenon. We reveal here that the UCI phenomenon exists in Hong Kong during the day and is associated with the UHI at night under all wind and cloud conditions. The possible mechanisms for the UCI phenomenon in such a high-rise compact city have been discovered using a lumped urban air temperature model. A new concept of urban cool island degree hours (UCIdh) to measure the UCI intensity and duration is proposed. Our analyses reveal that when anthropogenic heat is small or absent, a high-rise, and high-density city experiences a significant daytime UCI effect. This is explained by an intensified heat storage capacity and the reduced solar radiation gain of urban surfaces. However, if anthropogenic heat in the urban area increases further, the UCI phenomenon still exists; yet, UCIdh decrease dramatically in a high-rise compact city. In a low-rise, low-density city, the UCI phenomenon also occurs when there is no anthropogenic heat, but easily disappears when there is little anthropogenic heat, and the UHI phenomenon dominates. This probably explains why the UHI phenomenon is often observed, but the UCI phenomenon is rarely observed. The co-existence of urban heat/cool island phenomena implies reduction of the daily temperature range in such cities, and its dependence on urban morphology also implies that urban morphology can be used to control the urban thermal environment.
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