uhi Urban Heat Island - Research and Scholarly Articles

[kinzyjr]

This thread is created with the intent to share links to research and other resources that assist in quantifying the amount of change to a location's low temperatures due to urbanization and development.  If you come across any good reads, please share.

Climate Central had some interesting content related to the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect:

Summer in the City - Click a city and see the summer temperature difference: https://www.climatecentral.org/wgts/UHI/index.html

Top 20 Urban Heat Islands Report (also attached in case it is moved in the future): https://medialibrary.climatecentral.org/uploads/general/2021_UHI_Report.pdf

New Analysis (July 14th, 2021): https://medialibrary.climatecentral.org/resources/urban-heat-islands

Local Index Score (select your city to see how it ranks): https://www.climatecentral.org/outreach/alert-archive/2021/2021UHI.html

Sample Local Index Score for Orlando, FL:

Sample Local Index Score for Tampa, FL:

2021_UHI_Report.pdf

[kinzyjr]

A study specific to Orlando by Yow and Carbone (may have to sign up to download): https://www.jstor.org/stable/26222242

Some research at UCF (attached as well): https://www.green.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Islands-in-the-Sun.pdf

Some research on the matter done at USF (too large to attach): https://digital.lib.usf.edu//SFS0027876/00001

An article for those in snowy cities: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6678815/

A nice PDF from Rail-volution (attached):

Islands-in-the-Sun.pdf

rv2008_139d.pdf

[kinzyjr]

1. An interesting read from FSU for those who like maps and figures: https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/topics/specials/floridas-hot-season
2. A paper on Miami's UHI (attached as well): https://bmcnoldy.rsmas.miami.edu/papers/KZM2018_98AMS_ext.pdf
3. UHI Basics from the EPA(attached as well): https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2014-06/documents/basicscompendium.pdf
4. Heat Island Community Actions from the EPA - Local ordinances to reduce UHI: https://www.epa.gov/heatislands/heat-island-community-actions-database
5. An article from Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/city-hotter-countryside-urban-heat-island-science-180951985/

Most of the focus of the articles I've read and shared thus far concentrate on reducing the effects of UHI.  I suppose for those of us attempting to squeeze a few degrees of cold protection out of our little slice of paradise, we'd just do the opposite.

KZM2018_98AMS_ext.pdf basicscompendium.pdf

[kinzyjr]

A few international articles:

1. For those in the land of Oz, particularly Sydney, Australia: https://climatechange.environment.nsw.gov.au/Impacts-of-climate-change/Heat/Urban-heat
2. The hottest and coolest spots in Tokyo, Japan: https://resources.realestate.co.jp/living/urban-heat-island-effect-why-its-so-hot-in-tokyo-whats-being-done-about-it/
3. China (in particular, page 10 is interesting): <file attached>
4. London, UK: https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/london-s-urban-heat-island
5. Paris, France (also attached): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226805722_The_Urban_Heat_Island_Intensity_of_Paris_A_Case_Study_Based_on_a_Simple_Urban_Surface_Parametrization

sustainability-13-00762-v3.pdf

Wouters_Paris.pdf

[kinzyjr]

A few articles about the impact of UHI on precipitation:

• https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00382-021-06105-z
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S135223109900374X
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212095513000485
• https://typeset.io/questions/how-does-urban-heat-island-effect-rain-29slpcr2ac
• https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/UrbanRain/urbanrain2.php
• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/06/020619074019.htm
• https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2020GL088758
• https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/dissertations/AAI10809852/

[RFun]

I'd like to see more UHI studies done on the Winter months instead of the Summer months.  This is still valuable data, nonetheless.

[flplantguy]

Winter data for Florida would be great to see.  The rainfall increase even upwind (insignificant) in one article matches Florida's patterns except my house lol. I think it was just bad luck this time.  Explains the crazy radar echoes over Tampa every summer too.

[kinzyjr]

The article A Numerical Model of the UHI by Leonard Myrup is the original model to calculate and predict the effect of urbanization, published in 1969.  ENVI-MET software is a more modern application geared toward designing cooler cities.

• https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/apme/8/6/1520-0450_1969_008_0908_anmotu_2_0_co_2.xml
• https://envi-met.com/

The Assessment of UHIs in Small and Mid-Sized Cities in Brazil applies similarly to smaller cities in subtropical climates.

• https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/5/1/14

Assessment_of_UHIs_in_Small-MidSizeCitiesBrazil.pdf A_Numerical_Model_of_the_UHI_LeonardMyrup.pdf