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Urbanization and Its Climate Impact
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Urbanization and Its Climate Impact

A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Biometeorology and Bioclimatology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2022) | Viewed by 4327

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Miao Yu

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Institute of Urban Meteorology, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Interests: urbanization; urban canopy model; urban boundary layer; urban hydrology
Dr. Yong Wang

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Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Interests: anthropogenic aerosol emissions and their climatic impacts; dust aerosols and their changes under global warming; wildfires and their climate effects; convection–cloud–precipitation–aerosol interaction
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Dear Colleagues,

As the modeling resolution becomes finer, additional physical processes such as subtle hydrological processes and urban parameterizations become increasingly important. As urbanization is the most drastic result of human activities, its related parameterization processes present both problems and solutions when it comes to improving fine forecast and early warning in regional and global scales. This Special Issue encompasses urban thermal environment research, the impact of urban on extreme events (rainstorms, heatwaves, typhoons), and urban pollution and its control. The issue also invites papers on urban simulation and evaluation, such as capturing urban signals in the global model, the urban boundary layer scheme, and the urban canopy model.

The topics of interest for the Special Issue include but are not limited to:

  1. Urban thermal environment research;
  2. Urban simulation development and evaluation;
  3. Urban pollution and its control;
  4. Urban mitigation and adaptation strategies to climate change;
  5. Impact of urbanization on extreme weather;
  6. Regional and remote climate impacts of urbanization.

Prof. Dr. Miao Yu
Dr. Yong Wang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • urban microclimate
  • urban modelling
  • urban rainstorms
  • urban hydrology
  • urban mitigation and adaptation strategies for climate change

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Integrated Climate Action Planning (ICLAP) in Asia-Pacific Cities: Analytical Modelling for Collaborative Decision Making
by Mahendra Sethi, Li-Jing Liu, Eva Ayaragarnchanakul, Aki Suwa, Ram Avtar, Akhilesh Surjan and Shilpi Mittal
Atmosphere 2022, 13(2), 247; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13020247 - 31 Jan 2022
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While climate change has global causations and impacts, there is growing consensus on addressing the 2 °C challenge through local actions. However, at the local level, there is disintegrated knowledge on the following: (a) short-, mid- and long-term climate vulnerability, (b) economy and [...] Read more.
While climate change has global causations and impacts, there is growing consensus on addressing the 2 °C challenge through local actions. However, at the local level, there is disintegrated knowledge on the following: (a) short-, mid- and long-term climate vulnerability, (b) economy and GHG structures and their future pathways, and (c) useful mitigation and adaptation undertaken elsewhere. We evaluate these gaps through a comprehensive review of scientific literature and policy approaches of urban-climate studies in the Asia-Pacific Region. Based on the research findings, we develop a collaborative research framework of an integrated climate action planning (ICLAP) model for evidence-based decision-making tool. It adopts an innovative methodology integrating knowledge and data from diverse analytics, as follows: (a) spatial: downscaling global/regional climate scenarios to forecast local climate variability (50 km × 50 km) for 2030 (SDG target) and 2050; (b) statistical: a meta-analysis of 49 five-million-plus cities to forecast economic, energy and GHG scenarios; (c) bibliometric: a systematic review of global urban climate interventions from Google Scholar that collectively aid cities on policy inputs for mid-term climate variability, GHG profiles and available solutions at their disposal. We conclude with a discussion on scientific and policy relevance of such a tool in fostering overall urban, regional and global sustainability. Full article
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