URBAN INFLUENCES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF AIR TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN BUCHAREST MUNICIPALITY. THE HEAT ISLAND
Bucharest Municipality and its surroundings are situated in the South-Eastern part of the Romanian Plain in a temperate-continental climate, characterized by a continentalization tendency as a result of the climatic influences of transition in the West and excessive in the East. Therewith, one can i...
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| description | Bucharest Municipality and its surroundings are situated in the South-Eastern part of the Romanian Plain in a temperate-continental climate, characterized by a continentalization tendency as a result of the climatic influences of transition in the West and excessive in the East. Therewith, one can identify remarkable differentiation between the urban space and the adjacent periurban space related to the manifestation of the heat island, which can be identified within the atmospheric space. The paper is based on statistical-climatologic analysis of the data issued from simultaneous microclimatic and topoclimatic measurements (air temperature and relative humidity of moist air) which permitted the identification of the heat island of Bucharest Municipality. The topoclimatic mapping of the horizontal profile of the values of these climatic parameters was achieved within peculiar season and weather types (serene and calm days; serene and windy days; cloudy or overcast sky and calm days; cloudy or overcast sky and windy days). The most significant thermal and hygric differentiation between the urban and suburban areas appear during summer and winter seasons on serene and calm days (without atmospheric dispersion) during morning and noon.The distribution maps of the couple air temperature/relative humidity of moist air within the above mentioned season and weather conditions defines an urban core with higher temperature and lower humidity values comparing to the suburban area. The shape and the scale of the heat island are mainly related to the seasonal variations, being in direct proportion with the spread of the urban area as a result of the high changes of the urban ecosystem. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0371d6eccc47439cb8a470cafde61d752022-12-21T23:18:31ZengEditura Universitaria CraiovaAnalele Universității din Craiova. Seria Geografie1224-41122069-61912007-01-01X1320URBAN INFLUENCES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF AIR TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN BUCHAREST MUNICIPALITY. THE HEAT ISLANDMarin VLĂDUCUDumitru TÂŞTEACarmen-Sofia DRAGOTĂGheorghe KUCSICSAInes GRIGORESCUBucharest Municipality and its surroundings are situated in the South-Eastern part of the Romanian Plain in a temperate-continental climate, characterized by a continentalization tendency as a result of the climatic influences of transition in the West and excessive in the East. Therewith, one can identify remarkable differentiation between the urban space and the adjacent periurban space related to the manifestation of the heat island, which can be identified within the atmospheric space. The paper is based on statistical-climatologic analysis of the data issued from simultaneous microclimatic and topoclimatic measurements (air temperature and relative humidity of moist air) which permitted the identification of the heat island of Bucharest Municipality. The topoclimatic mapping of the horizontal profile of the values of these climatic parameters was achieved within peculiar season and weather types (serene and calm days; serene and windy days; cloudy or overcast sky and calm days; cloudy or overcast sky and windy days). The most significant thermal and hygric differentiation between the urban and suburban areas appear during summer and winter seasons on serene and calm days (without atmospheric dispersion) during morning and noon.The distribution maps of the couple air temperature/relative humidity of moist air within the above mentioned season and weather conditions defines an urban core with higher temperature and lower humidity values comparing to the suburban area. The shape and the scale of the heat island are mainly related to the seasonal variations, being in direct proportion with the spread of the urban area as a result of the high changes of the urban ecosystem.http://analegeo.ro/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Articolul-2-Marin-Vladucu.pdfheat islandtopoclimatic/microclimatic typesurban and periurban spaceBucharest Municipality |
| spellingShingle | Marin VLĂDUCU Dumitru TÂŞTEA Carmen-Sofia DRAGOTĂ Gheorghe KUCSICSA Ines GRIGORESCU URBAN INFLUENCES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF AIR TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN BUCHAREST MUNICIPALITY. THE HEAT ISLAND Analele Universității din Craiova. Seria Geografie heat island topoclimatic/microclimatic types urban and periurban space Bucharest Municipality |
| title | URBAN INFLUENCES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF AIR TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN BUCHAREST MUNICIPALITY. THE HEAT ISLAND |
| title_full | URBAN INFLUENCES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF AIR TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN BUCHAREST MUNICIPALITY. THE HEAT ISLAND |
| title_fullStr | URBAN INFLUENCES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF AIR TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN BUCHAREST MUNICIPALITY. THE HEAT ISLAND |
| title_full_unstemmed | URBAN INFLUENCES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF AIR TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN BUCHAREST MUNICIPALITY. THE HEAT ISLAND |
| title_short | URBAN INFLUENCES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF AIR TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN BUCHAREST MUNICIPALITY. THE HEAT ISLAND |
| title_sort | urban influences on the distribution of air temperature and relative humidity in bucharest municipality the heat island |
| topic | heat island topoclimatic/microclimatic types urban and periurban space Bucharest Municipality |
| url | http://analegeo.ro/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Articolul-2-Marin-Vladucu.pdf |
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