A high density urban temperature network deployed in several cities of Eurasian Arctic
Dense meteorological networks are needed to advance understanding of urban climatology in the northern polar region where global warming is rapid and amplified. High quality and density urban temperature datasets are required to monitor thawing processes in urban soils, properly assess and project c...
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| description | Dense meteorological networks are needed to advance understanding of urban climatology in the northern polar region where global warming is rapid and amplified. High quality and density urban temperature datasets are required to monitor thawing processes in urban soils, properly assess and project climatic trends in human comfort, air quality and weather extremes. This study presents an Urban Heat Island Arctic Research Campaign (UHIARC) observational network, which has been deployed in several mid-sized cities (Salekhard, Vorkuta, Nadym, Novy Urengoy) of the Eurasian Arctic region in the winter of 2016–2017. The network comprises an array of air temperature loggers and one automatic weather station in each of these four cities. The UHIARC observations revealed strong warm temperature anomalies in all four cities. Such persistent temperature anomalies are frequently referred to as urban heat islands (UHIs). The mean wintertime magnitude of these temperature anomalies (the UHI intensity) was found to be between 0.8 K and 1.4 K. Extreme UHI intensities up to 7 K were observed during cold anticyclonic weather conditions. Such a strong mediation of cold temperature spells by UHI might induce considerable socio-economic and environmental impacts in the cities. The UHIARC dataset is available for further analysis from http://urbanreanalysis.ru/uhiarc.html . |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c9e4890575da445399df31433f4242572023-08-09T14:36:21ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research Letters1748-93262018-01-0113707500710.1088/1748-9326/aacb84A high density urban temperature network deployed in several cities of Eurasian ArcticPavel Konstantinov0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5064-155XMikhail Varentsov1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9095-5334Igor Esau2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4122-6340Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography/Research Computing Center, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow, 119991 , Russia; Tyumen State University, Department of Cryology and Cryosophy, Volodarskogo str. 6 , Tyumen, 625003, Russia; Author to whom any correspondence should be addressed.Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography/Research Computing Center, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow, 119991 , Russia; Tyumen State University, Department of Cryology and Cryosophy, Volodarskogo str. 6 , Tyumen, 625003, Russia; A.M. Obuhov Instutute of Atmospheric Physics , Pyzhyovskiy per. 3, Moscow, 119017, RussiaNansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre / Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research , Thormohlensgt. 47, 5006, Bergen, NorwayDense meteorological networks are needed to advance understanding of urban climatology in the northern polar region where global warming is rapid and amplified. High quality and density urban temperature datasets are required to monitor thawing processes in urban soils, properly assess and project climatic trends in human comfort, air quality and weather extremes. This study presents an Urban Heat Island Arctic Research Campaign (UHIARC) observational network, which has been deployed in several mid-sized cities (Salekhard, Vorkuta, Nadym, Novy Urengoy) of the Eurasian Arctic region in the winter of 2016–2017. The network comprises an array of air temperature loggers and one automatic weather station in each of these four cities. The UHIARC observations revealed strong warm temperature anomalies in all four cities. Such persistent temperature anomalies are frequently referred to as urban heat islands (UHIs). The mean wintertime magnitude of these temperature anomalies (the UHI intensity) was found to be between 0.8 K and 1.4 K. Extreme UHI intensities up to 7 K were observed during cold anticyclonic weather conditions. Such a strong mediation of cold temperature spells by UHI might induce considerable socio-economic and environmental impacts in the cities. The UHIARC dataset is available for further analysis from http://urbanreanalysis.ru/uhiarc.html .https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aacb84urban heat islandclimate of Arcticanthropogenic heatnorthern urbanizationurban meteorological networkUHI in polar region |
| spellingShingle | Pavel Konstantinov Mikhail Varentsov Igor Esau A high density urban temperature network deployed in several cities of Eurasian Arctic Environmental Research Letters urban heat island climate of Arctic anthropogenic heat northern urbanization urban meteorological network UHI in polar region |
| title | A high density urban temperature network deployed in several cities of Eurasian Arctic |
| title_full | A high density urban temperature network deployed in several cities of Eurasian Arctic |
| title_fullStr | A high density urban temperature network deployed in several cities of Eurasian Arctic |
| title_full_unstemmed | A high density urban temperature network deployed in several cities of Eurasian Arctic |
| title_short | A high density urban temperature network deployed in several cities of Eurasian Arctic |
| title_sort | high density urban temperature network deployed in several cities of eurasian arctic |
| topic | urban heat island climate of Arctic anthropogenic heat northern urbanization urban meteorological network UHI in polar region |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aacb84 |
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