Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104773 |
| Document | accepted manuscript |
| Title (Primary) | Temporal modes and spatial patterns of urban air temperatures and limitations of heat adaptation |
| Author | Schlink, U.
; Mohamdeen, A.; Raabe, A. |
| Source Titel | Environmental Modelling & Software |
| Year | 2020 |
| Department | SUSOZ |
| Volume | 132 |
| Page From | art. 104773 |
| Language | englisch |
| Keywords | Urban air temperature; Empirical orthogonal functions; EMVI-met; Climate change; Adaptation |
| Abstract | A hot-spot region of climate change is the Middle East where temperatures actually have a rising tendency and this will increase in the future. To mitigate the progressing thermal burden urban planning has to develop adaptation measures. On the basis of micrometeorological simulations for a quarter in Cairo we suggest a decomposition of air temperatures into two temporal and two spatial patterns, respectively explaining 97% and 94% of the temperature variability. We find that land-use has a significant impact on the spatial temperature distribution and should be modified for the purpose of heat adaptation. However, just 13% of the spatial temperature patterns are represented by land-use, which is a quite limited impact. Regional weather conditions are the dominant factor for the spatial as well as the temporal development of urban heat. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=23510 |
| Schlink, U., Mohamdeen, A., Raabe, A. (2020): Temporal modes and spatial patterns of urban air temperatures and limitations of heat adaptation Environ. Modell. Softw. 132 , art. 104773 10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104773 |
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