Numerical Fit Modeling for Temperature Mitigation in Arid Cities
The purpose of the study is to develop a general method to predict local temperature changes from mitigating the urban heat island effect using local climate engineering. Specifically, the effects of a plume of calcite particles above cities have been found. Previous modeling work has been carried o...
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| description | The purpose of the study is to develop a general method to predict local temperature changes from mitigating the urban heat island effect using local climate engineering. Specifically, the effects of a plume of calcite particles above cities have been found. Previous modeling work has been carried out with supercomputers, but those models have limited geographies and timelines. The main goal of this work is to produce a method that can be applied more generally and more quickly. This overcomes limited modeling data in arid regions. Arid cities show the most effective use of calcite plumes for local solar radiation management, but those areas have limited data. The new method is to use numerical fit techniques using actual weather data. The default heating and cooling rates are fit to historic rates, and then the radiative properties of the calcite are used to predict the change in the heat transfer rates. Air temperatures at a standard height of 2 m are predicted. The key findings are that the numerical fit gives comparable results to the full supercomputer model, but the numerical fit gives predictions of greater temperature change. This was explained as primarily due to how advection is handled differently by the methods. Adjustments in the methods are discussed so that the effect of advection is included. The conclusion is that numerical fit provides a method that can easily be applied to arid regions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ba3a96c773954d65afadc3e9a238cdd92025-01-10T13:15:02ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172024-12-0115128510.3390/app15010285Numerical Fit Modeling for Temperature Mitigation in Arid CitiesAlan S. Hoback0College of Engineering & Science, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI 48221, USAThe purpose of the study is to develop a general method to predict local temperature changes from mitigating the urban heat island effect using local climate engineering. Specifically, the effects of a plume of calcite particles above cities have been found. Previous modeling work has been carried out with supercomputers, but those models have limited geographies and timelines. The main goal of this work is to produce a method that can be applied more generally and more quickly. This overcomes limited modeling data in arid regions. Arid cities show the most effective use of calcite plumes for local solar radiation management, but those areas have limited data. The new method is to use numerical fit techniques using actual weather data. The default heating and cooling rates are fit to historic rates, and then the radiative properties of the calcite are used to predict the change in the heat transfer rates. Air temperatures at a standard height of 2 m are predicted. The key findings are that the numerical fit gives comparable results to the full supercomputer model, but the numerical fit gives predictions of greater temperature change. This was explained as primarily due to how advection is handled differently by the methods. Adjustments in the methods are discussed so that the effect of advection is included. The conclusion is that numerical fit provides a method that can easily be applied to arid regions.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/1/285urban heat mitigationarid climatessolar radiation managementsingle column modelaerosol reflectivity |
| spellingShingle | Alan S. Hoback Numerical Fit Modeling for Temperature Mitigation in Arid Cities Applied Sciences urban heat mitigation arid climates solar radiation management single column model aerosol reflectivity |
| title | Numerical Fit Modeling for Temperature Mitigation in Arid Cities |
| title_full | Numerical Fit Modeling for Temperature Mitigation in Arid Cities |
| title_fullStr | Numerical Fit Modeling for Temperature Mitigation in Arid Cities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Numerical Fit Modeling for Temperature Mitigation in Arid Cities |
| title_short | Numerical Fit Modeling for Temperature Mitigation in Arid Cities |
| title_sort | numerical fit modeling for temperature mitigation in arid cities |
| topic | urban heat mitigation arid climates solar radiation management single column model aerosol reflectivity |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/1/285 |
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