caa a22 4500 445799420 CHVBK 20180317145136.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00704-010-0323-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00704-010-0323-6 Urban heat island effects of the Pearl River Delta city clusters—their interactions and seasonal variation [Elektronische Daten] [Jian-Bin Wu, Kim-Chiu Chow, Jimmy Fung, Alexis Lau, Teng Yao] Previous studies have shown that urbanization in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region in southern China can have significant effect on the land-sea breeze circulation in the region. In this study, some characteristics of this urban heat island (UHI) effect are further investigated by some idealized numerical experiments. This study focuses on three aspects of the UHI effects. Firstly, the interaction of UHI effects associated with different city clusters in the PRD region. Secondly, the UHI effect and the strength of the background wind field. Thirdly, seasonal variation of the UHI effect. Experiment results suggest that the interaction of the UHI effects due to the closely distributed city clusters in the PRD region is not significant, while the UHI effect in the region may depend on the strength of the background wind. The seasonal-mean UHI effect in the region shows a significant variation associated with the change of seasons. Springer-Verlag, 2010 Wu Jian-Bin Atmospheric Research Center, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Fok Ying Tung Graduate School, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China aut Chow Kim-Chiu Atmospheric Research Center, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Fok Ying Tung Graduate School, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China aut Fung Jimmy Atmospheric Research Center, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Fok Ying Tung Graduate School, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China aut Lau Alexis Atmospheric Research Center, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Fok Ying Tung Graduate School, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China aut Yao Teng Atmospheric Research Center, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Fok Ying Tung Graduate School, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China aut Theoretical and Applied Climatology Springer Vienna 103/3-4(2011-03-01), 489-499 0177-798X 103:3-4<489 2011 103 704 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-010-0323-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-010-0323-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wu Jian-Bin Atmospheric Research Center, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Fok Ying Tung Graduate School, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chow Kim-Chiu Atmospheric Research Center, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Fok Ying Tung Graduate School, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fung Jimmy Atmospheric Research Center, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Fok Ying Tung Graduate School, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lau Alexis Atmospheric Research Center, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Fok Ying Tung Graduate School, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yao Teng Atmospheric Research Center, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Fok Ying Tung Graduate School, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Theoretical and Applied Climatology Springer Vienna 103/3-4(2011-03-01), 489-499 0177-798X 103:3-4<489 2011 103 704 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer