Urban Micro-Meteorological Researches
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Meteorology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2023) | Viewed by 5730
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Interests: source profile; source apportionment; emission inventory validation
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Interests: urban micro-climate modelling; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); wind comfort; thermal comfort; pollutant dispersion
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Interests: urban wind environment; built environment; natural ventilation; wind tunnel test; computational fluid dynamics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nowadays, 55% of the world’s population are living in urban areas. The proportion is projected to increase to 68% by 2050. Rapid urbanization is accompanied by a series of environmental issues, such as weakened city ventilation, intensified urban heat island, and deteriorating urban air quality, which pose great threats to human health, outdoor thermal comfort and energy costs. Urban warming is much greater than the global average, and urban heat island occurs when a city experiences much warmer temperatures than surrounding rural areas. Urban dwellers often face higher exposure to pollutants from traffic and energy-related emissions. In addition, the urban micro-climate interacts with indoor ventilation, human exhaled droplet transmission, as well as building energy consumption. An advanced understanding of mechanical and thermal processes in the urban environment is important for formulating effective strategies to improve city ventilation and optimize urban surface thermal properties. The related research will support city design, urban planning, and air quality management in order to create healthy, energy-efficient, and sustainable cities for our future.
This Special Issue aims to collect updated research related to urban micro-meteorology. The topics include but are not limited to
- Urban wind and turbulence
- Ventilation and pollutant dispersion in/over urban areas
- Urban thermal environment and urban heat island
- Urban energy balance
- Urban canopy parameterization
- Natural ventilation in built environment
- Indoor/outdoor respiratory droplets transmission
- Interaction between urban micro-climate and building energy
- Urban wind safety and outdoor thermal comfort.
Dr. Ziwei Mo
Dr. Yaxing Du
Dr. Xuelin Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wind and thermal environment
- turbulence
- ventilation
- pollutant dispersion
- urban heat island
- urban energy balance
- urban canopy
- respiratory droplets transmission
- building energy
- wind safety
- thermal comfort
- air pollution
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