We examined the sea-breeze-initiated rainfall in Seoul Metropolitan area (SMA) on 6 July 2017 using weather research and forecasting (WRF) model. The model captures arrival of sea breeze front (SBF), development afternoon SMA, location maximum northeastern SMA reasonably well but overestimates subsequent rainfall. conducted sensitivity tests to better understand urban effect event. Through fact...

Abstract Urban heat island (UHI) and sea–land-breeze systems are well-known important characteristics of the climate coastal cities. To model these, accurate estimation surface energy balance (SEB) is a key factor needed to improve local-scale simulations thermodynamic dynamic boundary circulations. The Weather Research Forecasting Model with single-layer urban canopy (WRF/SLUCM), parameters de...

Abstract Since rainwater chemical composition can provide valuable information on sources of local air pollution in urbanized and industrialized areas, rainwaters have been collected the southern Plain region known as Campania (located between Caserta Napoli provinces, Southern Italy). This area is characterized by presence heavy traffic, industries, high activity intensive agriculture recently...

Urbanisation leads to increased thermal stress in hot-humid climates due to increased surface and air temperatures and reduced wind speed. We examined the influence of urban morphology and sea breeze on the microclimate of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Air and surface temperatures, humidity and wind speed were measured at 1 rural and 5 urban sites during the warmest season. The urban sites differed in th...

Using a high-resolution regional climate model RegCM3, station and satellite observations, we have studied the spatial heterogeneity of climate variability over Java Island, Indonesia. Besides the well-known anomalous dry conditions that characterize the dry and transition seasons during an El Niño year, analysis of regional model output reveals a wet mountainous south versus dry northern plain...