Urban heat island intensity maps and local weather types description for a 45 French urban agglomerations dataset obtained from atmopsheric numerical simulations
This article presents a dataset of spatial nocturnal Urban Heat Island (UHI) intensities for 45 French urban agglomerations, at a horizontal resolution of 250 m. The urban influence on air temperature at 2 m above ground level was obtained by coupling the mesoscale atmospheric model Meso-NH with the...
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| author | Melis Suher-Carthy Thomas Lagelouze Julia Hidalgo Robert Schoetter Najla Touati Renaud Jougla Valery Masson |
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| description | This article presents a dataset of spatial nocturnal Urban Heat Island (UHI) intensities for 45 French urban agglomerations, at a horizontal resolution of 250 m. The urban influence on air temperature at 2 m above ground level was obtained by coupling the mesoscale atmospheric model Meso-NH with the land surface model SURFEX-TEB. For each agglomeration, two specific local weather situations that favour the development of a strong UHI in summer are simulated and described in a specfic sheet. Simulation outputs have been postprocessed to 1) identify the time of day when the UHI is the most developed, 2) to merge information from both meteorological situations in order to obtain one synthetic UHI map and 3) a geographical analysis that allows to classify each city among five spatial UHI classes (Concentrated Very High Intensity; Concentrated High Intensity; Limited Intensity; Dispersed High Intensity; and Dispersed Cool Zones). This dataset can therefore be used for several purposes, from the analysis at the scale of a city to the comparison of the urban agglomerations among them. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-51757e3a68c444bc9218c5ed94e2bccc2023-10-13T11:04:40ZengElsevierData in Brief2352-34092023-10-0150109437Urban heat island intensity maps and local weather types description for a 45 French urban agglomerations dataset obtained from atmopsheric numerical simulationsMelis Suher-Carthy0Thomas Lagelouze1Julia Hidalgo2Robert Schoetter3Najla Touati4Renaud Jougla5Valery Masson6Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarités Sociétés Territoires (LISST), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 5 Allée Antonio Machado, 31058, Toulouse, FranceLaboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarités Sociétés Territoires (LISST), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 5 Allée Antonio Machado, 31058, Toulouse, FranceLaboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarités Sociétés Territoires (LISST), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 5 Allée Antonio Machado, 31058, Toulouse, France; Corresponding author.Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques (CNRM), Météo-France, CNRS, 42, Avenue Gaspard Coriolis, 31057 Toulouse Cedex 1, FranceLaboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarités Sociétés Territoires (LISST), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 5 Allée Antonio Machado, 31058, Toulouse, FranceLaboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarités Sociétés Territoires (LISST), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 5 Allée Antonio Machado, 31058, Toulouse, FranceCentre National de Recherches Météorologiques (CNRM), Météo-France, CNRS, 42, Avenue Gaspard Coriolis, 31057 Toulouse Cedex 1, FranceThis article presents a dataset of spatial nocturnal Urban Heat Island (UHI) intensities for 45 French urban agglomerations, at a horizontal resolution of 250 m. The urban influence on air temperature at 2 m above ground level was obtained by coupling the mesoscale atmospheric model Meso-NH with the land surface model SURFEX-TEB. For each agglomeration, two specific local weather situations that favour the development of a strong UHI in summer are simulated and described in a specfic sheet. Simulation outputs have been postprocessed to 1) identify the time of day when the UHI is the most developed, 2) to merge information from both meteorological situations in order to obtain one synthetic UHI map and 3) a geographical analysis that allows to classify each city among five spatial UHI classes (Concentrated Very High Intensity; Concentrated High Intensity; Limited Intensity; Dispersed High Intensity; and Dispersed Cool Zones). This dataset can therefore be used for several purposes, from the analysis at the scale of a city to the comparison of the urban agglomerations among them.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340923005371Urban microclimateAir temperatureTown energy balanceSURFEXMeso-NHUrban unit |
| spellingShingle | Melis Suher-Carthy Thomas Lagelouze Julia Hidalgo Robert Schoetter Najla Touati Renaud Jougla Valery Masson Urban heat island intensity maps and local weather types description for a 45 French urban agglomerations dataset obtained from atmopsheric numerical simulations Data in Brief Urban microclimate Air temperature Town energy balance SURFEX Meso-NH Urban unit |
| title | Urban heat island intensity maps and local weather types description for a 45 French urban agglomerations dataset obtained from atmopsheric numerical simulations |
| title_full | Urban heat island intensity maps and local weather types description for a 45 French urban agglomerations dataset obtained from atmopsheric numerical simulations |
| title_fullStr | Urban heat island intensity maps and local weather types description for a 45 French urban agglomerations dataset obtained from atmopsheric numerical simulations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urban heat island intensity maps and local weather types description for a 45 French urban agglomerations dataset obtained from atmopsheric numerical simulations |
| title_short | Urban heat island intensity maps and local weather types description for a 45 French urban agglomerations dataset obtained from atmopsheric numerical simulations |
| title_sort | urban heat island intensity maps and local weather types description for a 45 french urban agglomerations dataset obtained from atmopsheric numerical simulations |
| topic | Urban microclimate Air temperature Town energy balance SURFEX Meso-NH Urban unit |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340923005371 |
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