Patterns and Causes of Atlanta's Urban Heat Island–Initiated Precipitation

Dixon, Paul; Mote, Thomas L.

doi:10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<1273:pacoau>2.0.co;2

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“…An enhanced precipitation difference was detected at night, in agreement with results from other urban areas (Ikebuchi et al 2007, Yang et al 2013, Dou et al 2015; for example, Dixon & Mote (2003) found that UHI enhancement increased night-time precipitation frequency in late spring and summer in Atlanta. Similar results reported by Chen et al (2015) and Yang et al (2017) showed that higher UHI intensity might induce stronger convection and cause larger hourly precipitation in urban areas than in the rural areas in the late evening and night-time.…”

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Urban impacts on air temperature and precipitation over The Netherlands

Golroudbary¹,

Zeng²,

Mannaerts³

et al. 2018

Clim. Res.

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The detection of changes in the weather of urban areas is an important issue for understanding the impact of weather on human lives. Five years of basic weather observations (2011−2015) from automatic and amateur networks across The Netherlands were used to investigate the urban effects on meteorological parameters with a focus on temperature (e.g. urban heat island [UHI]) and precipitation. Representative stations were selected based on metadata and a set of criteria for data quality control. An hourly analysis indicates that UHIs are a nocturnal phenomenon in The Netherlands and are more prominent after sunset, when they exceed 2°C. A seasonal analysis shows that UHIs occur in all seasons during the year, with the most significant UHI occurring in the summer. Furthermore, the differences in the precipitation of urban and rural areas were shown to be greatest after sunrise during the day. The maximum hourly UHI and hourly precipitation distributions were analyzed using a generalized extreme value model. The occurrences of maximum precipitation are likely to be more frequent at urban stations than at the nearby rural stations. Additionally, the distinct seasonal cycle of precipitation that is dependent on the UHI demonstrates that the maximum UHI and precipitation occurred in the summer. Our results indicate that the UHI and precipitation enhancements in Dutch urban residential areas, as obtained from the data of weather amateurs, are in agreement with the results presented in the literature, and that 7% more precipitation occurs in cities than in rural areas.

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confidence: 86%

Urban impacts on air temperature and precipitation over The Netherlands

Golroudbary¹,

Zeng²,

Mannaerts³

et al. 2018

Clim. Res.

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“…Changnon, 1981;Pinho and Manso-Orgaz, 2000;Dixon and Mote, 2003;Kim and Baik, 2005). This is true even for small-to mediumsized cities (e.g.…”

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Further studies of the heat island associated with a small midwestern city

Buckley¹,

Market²,

Lupo³

et al. 2008

Atmospheric Science Letters

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Recently, the University of Missouri (UM) moved its SuomiNet station from the roof of a building near downtown Columbia, Missouri, USA, to the University's rural South Farm. Comparisons of Columbia Regional Airport (KCOU) data and SuomiNet data are presented both prior to and after the latter's relocation. Analysis reveals an elevation of mean temperature by ∼1.5• C at the downtown location, but no difference between the more rural station and KCOU. These results show that the influence of the Columbia heat island does not extend to 7 km from the city center and that the present SuomiNet location is now more representative.

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“…Variability in spatial patterns in precipitation can be due to factors such as topography (McCrary, 2011), the variable distribution of precipitation from convective thunderstorms, and proximity and orientation to urban heat islands (Bornstein and Lin, 2000;Dixon and Mote, 2003;Mote and others, 2007;Shem and Shepherd, 2009) fig. 14).…”

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confidence: 99%