ALGORITHM OF COMPLEX URBAN METEOROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
Shevchenko О.
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3915-427Х
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
Abstract:
Determining the main patterns influencing the formation of urban meteorological transformations in cities, establishing mechanisms of interaction between components of the urban environment, development of methods, approaches, and preparation of algorithms for obtaining objective information about the urban environment are very important and urgent tasks which determine the development of urban meteorology as a science and have important practical significance. The aim of this work is the development of the algorithm of complex urban meteorological assessment for objective identification of transformations in the atmospheric environment of big cities. The methodological basis of the research is the concept of interaction of urban meteorological components of the city. The results of the latest meteorological studies of urban areas are systematized in this work. It is shown the close relationships between the urban meteorological components (microclimate, bioclimate, air pollution, and climate change and vulnerability to it) and their significant influence on the formation of each other. The necessity of the development of a complex urban meteorological assessment algorithm is substantiated and such an algorithm is offered. The algorithm consists of four basic stages and one which can be realized optionally. The assessment of microclimatic features of separate sites of the territory should be carried out at the first stage. The second stage of the assessment should be the study of the specific urban bioclimate, as the UHI existence, wind speed reduction and associated changes in urban energy balance within the city lead to the formation of specific bioclimatic conditions in urban areas. The third stage of the assessment should be devoted to the evaluation of air pollution levels in the urban environment. The city’s climate change vulnerability assessment should be done at the fourth stage. Features of realization of each stage are described in detail.
Keywords: urban meteorology, urban microclimate, air pollution, urban bioclimate, urban vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, complex urban meteorological assessment.
Language:
Ukrainian
DOI: http://doi.org/10.17721/1728-2721.2020.76-77.4
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Suggested citation:
Shevchenko O., 2020. Algorithm of complex urban meteorological assessment. Visnyk Kyivskogo nacionalnogo universytetu imeni Tarasa Shevchenka, Geografiya [Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Geography], 1/2 (76/77), 31-36 (in Ukranian, abstr. in English), doi: 10.17721/1728-2721.2020.76-77.4
Received Editorial Board 03.07.2020
Accepted for publication 12.11.2020