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Urban Climate: Factors Affecting Urban Climate

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Urbanization affects atmosphere. Urban climate implies climatic conditions of urban area differing from nearby rural areas and attributable to urban development and urbanization. Urban canopy layer is the layer lying below rooftop and made of microclimates of buildings, roads, and vegetation. Urban climate is the integration of microclimates of urban canopy layer over very large area. Key characteristic of urban…

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Urban Climate: Urban Climatic Conditions

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Urban Climatic Conditions

Urban areas have higher temperature than countryside with weak winds and sunshine dependent on degree of pollution, urban density, street orientation, and shade of other buildings.

  • Urban climates have differences of air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, and amount of rainfall.
  • Replacement of natural vegetation with artificial surfaces changes heat balance and hydrology of local environment.
  • Urban canyons affect wind speed and higher particulates increase precipitation downwind.
  • Other factors affecting wind speed and energy bala…

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