Regional Simulation Model of the Meteorological Effects of Maharlu Lake on the Human Climate Health of Shiraz in Iran

Abstract

Background and purpose: Human health is affected by a variety of human and natural phenomena that surround the environment. Atmospheric pollutants and thermal comfort conditions concern the quality of surrounding air. Given the influential role of lakes on the climatic conditions of their surrounding environment, the effect of different scenarios of Maharlu Lake in the southeastern part of Shiraz on the changes of thermal comfort conditions was modeled. Materials and Methods: In this study, cooling power index and temperature humidity index were used to explore climate comfort conditions according to the long-term observational data from 1960 to 2010. Results: It was found that temperature humidity index has a declining trend in most months of the year. Maximum decreasing changes were observed in November and May with means of −0.31 and −0.29, respectively. However, the maximum of decade and significant changes of cooling power index belonged to April and November with means of 1.36 and 1.22, respectively. Conclusion: Low relative humidity was seen in all the seasons; maximum decrease was observed during summer and in August with 11% decrease. Also, the dried lake outputs showed that the temperature during hot seasons increased, and the temperature during cold seasons

A climate-architecture modeling to explore the effect of land use change scenario on building bioclimatic design pattern in order to provide human thermal comfort

“…As an example, for residential areas adjacent to hot bodies of water, or hot and dry desert A climate-architecture modeling to explore the effect of land use change scenario on building bioclimatic design pattern in order to provide human thermal comfort areas, or areas adjacent to cold and glacial heights, the type of energy demand in their habitats is completely different [14][15][16]. Therefore, today's expansion of cities and land use changes can have an impact on the energy demand and living conditions of the inhabitants of their settlements [17][18][19]. Accordingly, the main objective of this research is to investigate the effects of forest cover on urban climate patterns and as a result changes in energy needs in urban buildings.…”