Urban heat environmental quality (UHEQ) is affected by the interacting of weather condition and underlying surface framework of urban area. In the last two decades, many researchers from domestic and overseas have stu...Urban heat environmental quality (UHEQ) is affected by the interacting of weather condition and underlying surface framework of urban area. In the last two decades, many researchers from domestic and overseas have studied many problems at the aspect of urban heat environment such as urban heat islands, urban air temperature and their relation with urban land cover, city population, air pollution etc. In the recent years, Hangzhou, acting as a center city of Zhejiang Province in China, its urbanization quantum and quantity have both changed greatly, in particular, representing as business affairs building, resident real property and all kinds of specialty market having arisen in built-up zone. Based on Landsat TM images data in 1991 and 1999, urban underlying surface temperature value and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) were calculated using image interpreting and supervised classification technique by remote sensing software ERDAS image 8.4. The relation model between urban underlying surface temperature (UUST) and urban air temperature was setup according to the certain correlation pattern. Reference to the relational standard of assessing human comfort and other meteorology data of Hangzhou City in summer, the spatial distribution characteristic and the spatial variation degree of human comfort of heat environmental quality are estimated and mapped on a middle scale, that is, in six districts of Hangzhou City . Then the paper reveals the main characteristic of spatial variation from 1991 to 1999. Lastly, the change mechanism is analyzed and discussed from the viewpoint of city planning, construction and environmental protection.展开更多
To achieve durability of the embankment in southern China,a method to control the change of moisture content with the cushion and cover was proposed.A finite element model of cushion and cover considering different ma...To achieve durability of the embankment in southern China,a method to control the change of moisture content with the cushion and cover was proposed.A finite element model of cushion and cover considering different materials and thicknesses for a typical embankment was built,and 20 numerical analyses of transient seepage in the embankment were simulated.The results show that the sand cushion effectively blocks the effect of groundwater capillary rise and the minimum thickness of the sand cushion is 75 cm without considering the atmospheric environment.With the combination of sand cushion and clay cover,as the thickness of the clay cover increases,the duration time of the moisture content from the initial to relative equilibrium state increases,but the equilibrium moisture content is the same as that of the original embankment.Besides,with the combination of the sand cushion and sand cover,the moisture content inside the embankment remains the same,which is consistent with the optimum moisture content during construction.The combination of 75 cm sand cushion and 30 cm sand cover is a very effective method to block groundwater and atmospheric environment,and achieve the control of the humidity stability of the embankment in southern China.展开更多
To detect the impacts of urban surface expansion on surface air temperature at 2-m(SAT) in Shanghai, China, nested numerical integrations based on satellite-derived urban data between the 1980 s and 2010 s were perf...To detect the impacts of urban surface expansion on surface air temperature at 2-m(SAT) in Shanghai, China, nested numerical integrations based on satellite-derived urban data between the 1980 s and 2010 s were performed using the Weather Research and Forecasting(WRF) model. Urban surface expansion induced an annual-averaged warming of 0.31 °C from 1980 to 2016 across the whole of Shanghai, showing the greatest intensity between 2010 and 2016. The values were 0.36, 0.78, and 0.75 °C over grids that were classified as urban in both time periods(U2 U), landuse grids that changed from non-urban to urban(N2 U), and urban areas(including U2 U and N2 U), respectively, and revealed weak warming over the inner-ring areas because the urban surfaces had been there since the 1980 s, whereas warming areas were coincident with the outward expansion of the urban surface. Meanwhile, marked seasonal variations could be detected, which were greater in spring and summer but less in autumn and winter. The approximately homogenously distributed SAT maximum(weaker) and heterogeneously SAT minimum(stronger) contributed to the decreased diurnal temperature range. Regional warming induced by urban surface expansion was approximately 0.12 °C per decade, which accounted for 19% of the overall warming across the whole of Shanghai. The values were 0.11 °C per decade and 0.39 °C per decade over U2 U and N2 U, which accounted for approximately 17% and 42% of the overall warming, respectively, and resulted in approximately 41% of the overall warming over urban areas.展开更多
The contributions of urban surface expansion to regional warming over subregions of Shanghai and Shanghai as a whole using different methods to calculate the daily mean surface temperature(SAT),including the averages ...The contributions of urban surface expansion to regional warming over subregions of Shanghai and Shanghai as a whole using different methods to calculate the daily mean surface temperature(SAT),including the averages of four daily time-records(0000,0600,1200,and 1800 UTC;T4),eight daily time-records(0000,0300,0600,0900,1200,1500,1800,and 2100 UTC;T8),and the averages of the SAT maximum(Tmax)and minimum(Tmin),Txn,were compared based on simulated results using nested numerical intergrations with the Weather Research and Forecasting regional climate model,where only the satellite-retrieved urban surface distributions differed between two numerical experiments.The contributions from urban-related warming expressed similar intensities when using T8 and Txn,while the smallest values occurred when using T4 over different subregions of Shanghai(with the exception of areas that were defined as urban for both time periods(U2U))and Shanghai as a whole.Similar values for the changing trends could be detected over different subregions when no urban surface expansion(EX1)was detected for both T4 and Txn.The corresponding values increased under urban surface expansion(EX2)and varied over different subregions,revealing much stronger intensities over urban-surface expansion areas;the weakest intensities occurred over U2U areas.The increasing trends for EX2 and relative contributions when using T4 were smaller than those when using Txn,with the exception of those over U2U areas,which could be explained by the changing trends in Tmax and Tmin due to urban surface expansion,especially during intense urban expansion periods.展开更多
Based on one year gradient wind data and the wind data of a strong typhoon observed by three meteorological towers located on the coast and at the inshore sea,the underlying surfaces of the meteorological towers were ...Based on one year gradient wind data and the wind data of a strong typhoon observed by three meteorological towers located on the coast and at the inshore sea,the underlying surfaces of the meteorological towers were classified and the roughness lengths were calculated quantitatively.On the basis of strong wind characteristic representative assessment and sample selection on the wind data of strong typhoon Hagupit,the gust factor variation characteristics of tropical cyclones under different underlying surfaces were analyzed.The observed fact and variation rule were found as follows:1) The roughness lengths under neutral atmospheric condition which were calculated using logarithmic wind profile fitting based on the observation data can describe the slight change of the underlying surface objectively.2) The gust factor of strong typhoon wind didn't have variation trends with wind speed.But the variation amplitude of the gust factor was rather large over rough underlying surface which had pronounced effect on the numerical design of structural engineering.3) The variation of the gust factor with height satisfied power law or logarithmic law.The power law fitting was more suitable for smooth underlying surface while the logarithmic fitting was better over rough underlying surface.4) The observation data also suggested that the relationship between gust factor and roughness length can be described by power or linear equation.5) The gust factor observed in this typhoon case was different from the gust factor recommended by WMO:The gust factor of the offshore wind came from rough underlying surface was higher than the value recommended by WMO while the gust factor of the onshore wind came from smooth underlying surface is less than the WMO recommended value.展开更多
基金Under the auspices of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.40001008).
文摘Urban heat environmental quality (UHEQ) is affected by the interacting of weather condition and underlying surface framework of urban area. In the last two decades, many researchers from domestic and overseas have studied many problems at the aspect of urban heat environment such as urban heat islands, urban air temperature and their relation with urban land cover, city population, air pollution etc. In the recent years, Hangzhou, acting as a center city of Zhejiang Province in China, its urbanization quantum and quantity have both changed greatly, in particular, representing as business affairs building, resident real property and all kinds of specialty market having arisen in built-up zone. Based on Landsat TM images data in 1991 and 1999, urban underlying surface temperature value and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) were calculated using image interpreting and supervised classification technique by remote sensing software ERDAS image 8.4. The relation model between urban underlying surface temperature (UUST) and urban air temperature was setup according to the certain correlation pattern. Reference to the relational standard of assessing human comfort and other meteorology data of Hangzhou City in summer, the spatial distribution characteristic and the spatial variation degree of human comfort of heat environmental quality are estimated and mapped on a middle scale, that is, in six districts of Hangzhou City . Then the paper reveals the main characteristic of spatial variation from 1991 to 1999. Lastly, the change mechanism is analyzed and discussed from the viewpoint of city planning, construction and environmental protection.
基金Project(2017YFC0805307)supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of ChinaProjects(51838001,51878070,51878078,51911530215,51927814)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China+5 种基金Project(2018JJ1026)supported by the Excellent Youth Foundation of Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province,ChinaProject(17A008)supported by the Key Project of Education Department of Hunan Province,ChinaProjects(kfj150103,kfj170106)supported by the Changsha University of Science&Technology via Key Project of Open Research Fund of National Engineering Laboratory of Highway Maintenance Technology,ChinaProject(kfj170404)supported by the Open Fund of Engineering Research Center of Catastrophic Prophylaxis and Treatment of Road and Traffic Safety of Ministry of Education(Changsha University of Science&Technology),ChinaProject(CX2018B527)supported by the Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation for Postgraduate,ChinaProject(2018-025)supported by the Training Program for High-level Technical Personnel in Transportation Industry,China。
文摘To achieve durability of the embankment in southern China,a method to control the change of moisture content with the cushion and cover was proposed.A finite element model of cushion and cover considering different materials and thicknesses for a typical embankment was built,and 20 numerical analyses of transient seepage in the embankment were simulated.The results show that the sand cushion effectively blocks the effect of groundwater capillary rise and the minimum thickness of the sand cushion is 75 cm without considering the atmospheric environment.With the combination of sand cushion and clay cover,as the thickness of the clay cover increases,the duration time of the moisture content from the initial to relative equilibrium state increases,but the equilibrium moisture content is the same as that of the original embankment.Besides,with the combination of the sand cushion and sand cover,the moisture content inside the embankment remains the same,which is consistent with the optimum moisture content during construction.The combination of 75 cm sand cushion and 30 cm sand cover is a very effective method to block groundwater and atmospheric environment,and achieve the control of the humidity stability of the embankment in southern China.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China[grant number 41775087]the National Natural Science Foundation of China[grant number 41675149]+2 种基金National Key R&D Program of China[grant number 2016YFA0600403]the Chinese Academy of Sciences Strategic Priority Program[grant number XDA05090206]the Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Climatic Change
文摘To detect the impacts of urban surface expansion on surface air temperature at 2-m(SAT) in Shanghai, China, nested numerical integrations based on satellite-derived urban data between the 1980 s and 2010 s were performed using the Weather Research and Forecasting(WRF) model. Urban surface expansion induced an annual-averaged warming of 0.31 °C from 1980 to 2016 across the whole of Shanghai, showing the greatest intensity between 2010 and 2016. The values were 0.36, 0.78, and 0.75 °C over grids that were classified as urban in both time periods(U2 U), landuse grids that changed from non-urban to urban(N2 U), and urban areas(including U2 U and N2 U), respectively, and revealed weak warming over the inner-ring areas because the urban surfaces had been there since the 1980 s, whereas warming areas were coincident with the outward expansion of the urban surface. Meanwhile, marked seasonal variations could be detected, which were greater in spring and summer but less in autumn and winter. The approximately homogenously distributed SAT maximum(weaker) and heterogeneously SAT minimum(stronger) contributed to the decreased diurnal temperature range. Regional warming induced by urban surface expansion was approximately 0.12 °C per decade, which accounted for 19% of the overall warming across the whole of Shanghai. The values were 0.11 °C per decade and 0.39 °C per decade over U2 U and N2 U, which accounted for approximately 17% and 42% of the overall warming, respectively, and resulted in approximately 41% of the overall warming over urban areas.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant numbers 41775087 and41675149]the National Key R&D Program of China [grant number 2016YFA0600403]+2 种基金the Chinese Academy of Sciences Strategic Priority Program [grant number XDA05090206]the National Key Basic Research Program on Global Change [grant number 2011CB952003]the Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Climatic Change
文摘The contributions of urban surface expansion to regional warming over subregions of Shanghai and Shanghai as a whole using different methods to calculate the daily mean surface temperature(SAT),including the averages of four daily time-records(0000,0600,1200,and 1800 UTC;T4),eight daily time-records(0000,0300,0600,0900,1200,1500,1800,and 2100 UTC;T8),and the averages of the SAT maximum(Tmax)and minimum(Tmin),Txn,were compared based on simulated results using nested numerical intergrations with the Weather Research and Forecasting regional climate model,where only the satellite-retrieved urban surface distributions differed between two numerical experiments.The contributions from urban-related warming expressed similar intensities when using T8 and Txn,while the smallest values occurred when using T4 over different subregions of Shanghai(with the exception of areas that were defined as urban for both time periods(U2U))and Shanghai as a whole.Similar values for the changing trends could be detected over different subregions when no urban surface expansion(EX1)was detected for both T4 and Txn.The corresponding values increased under urban surface expansion(EX2)and varied over different subregions,revealing much stronger intensities over urban-surface expansion areas;the weakest intensities occurred over U2U areas.The increasing trends for EX2 and relative contributions when using T4 were smaller than those when using Txn,with the exception of those over U2U areas,which could be explained by the changing trends in Tmax and Tmin due to urban surface expansion,especially during intense urban expansion periods.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 90715031, 40775071) the National Special Re-search Fund for Non-Profit Sector of China Ministry of Science and Tech-nology (Grant No. GYHY200806012)
文摘Based on one year gradient wind data and the wind data of a strong typhoon observed by three meteorological towers located on the coast and at the inshore sea,the underlying surfaces of the meteorological towers were classified and the roughness lengths were calculated quantitatively.On the basis of strong wind characteristic representative assessment and sample selection on the wind data of strong typhoon Hagupit,the gust factor variation characteristics of tropical cyclones under different underlying surfaces were analyzed.The observed fact and variation rule were found as follows:1) The roughness lengths under neutral atmospheric condition which were calculated using logarithmic wind profile fitting based on the observation data can describe the slight change of the underlying surface objectively.2) The gust factor of strong typhoon wind didn't have variation trends with wind speed.But the variation amplitude of the gust factor was rather large over rough underlying surface which had pronounced effect on the numerical design of structural engineering.3) The variation of the gust factor with height satisfied power law or logarithmic law.The power law fitting was more suitable for smooth underlying surface while the logarithmic fitting was better over rough underlying surface.4) The observation data also suggested that the relationship between gust factor and roughness length can be described by power or linear equation.5) The gust factor observed in this typhoon case was different from the gust factor recommended by WMO:The gust factor of the offshore wind came from rough underlying surface was higher than the value recommended by WMO while the gust factor of the onshore wind came from smooth underlying surface is less than the WMO recommended value.