Summertime Response of Temperature and Cooling Energy Demand to Urban Expansion in a Semiarid Environment
Summertime Response of Temperature and Cooling Energy Demand to Urban Expansion in a Semiarid Environment
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半干旱环境下夏季温度和制冷能源需求对城市扩张的响应
DOI:
10.1175/jamc-d-14-0313.1
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发表时间:
2015
影响因子:
3
通讯作者:
M. Moustaoui
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作者:
Francisco Salamanca;M. Georgescu;A. Mahalov;M. Moustaoui
AbstractThis article explores regional impacts on near-surface air temperature and air conditioning (AC) electricity consumption due to projected urban expansion in a semiarid environment. In addition to the modern-day urban landscape setting, two projected urban expansion scenarios are analyzed with the Weather Research and Forecasting Model coupled to a multilayer building energy scheme. The authors simulate a 10-day extreme heat period at high spatial resolution (1-km horizontal grid spacing) over Arizona, one of the fastest-growing regions in the United States. Results show that replacement of natural land surfaces by buildings and pavement increases the local mean near-surface air temperature considerably. Furthermore, present-day waste heat emission from AC systems increases the mean nighttime 2-m air temperature by up to 1°C in some urban locations, but projected urban development aggravates the situation, increasing nighttime air temperatures by up to 1.5°–1.75°C. The contribution of anthropogenic...
影响因子:
5.2
作者:
McCarthy, Mark P.;Best, Martin J.;Betts, Richard A.
通讯作者:
Betts, Richard A.