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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «NAUKI O ZEMLE»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «EARTH SCIENCES»
ISSN 2073-3402 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Earth Sciences». 2024. Vol 47

Influence of Weather Factors on the Mean Daily Intensity of the Urban Heat Island In Yekaterinburg

Author(s)
N. R. Fakaeva, D. Yu. Demezhko, A. A. Gornostaeva, B. D. Khatskevich
Abstract
Urban heat island (UHI) intensity in the surface air temperature field is equal to the difference between temperatures (averaged for the period under consideration) in the city and in the immediate rural surroundings. Using multi-regression analysis, We investigated the meteorological factors determining the mean daily UHI intensity based on observational data at weather stations in Yekaterinburg and the village of Verkhneye Dubrovo in 2020–2022. The average value of an UHI intensity in May-September equals to 0.94 °C with a standard deviation of daily mean values of 0.71 °C. The multiple linear regression model includes the difference in the relative humidity of the atmosphere in the city and the village, the weather factor determined by wind speed and cloudiness, and atmospheric pressure. This “summer” model describes 60 % of the observed UHI variance. In December-March, the average UHI intensity equals to 0.81 °C with a standard deviation of mean daily values of 0.82 °C. The regression model includes only the weather factor explaining 27 % of the UHI variability. It is concluded that the UHI intensity in Yekaterinburg is primarily determined by solar radiation and various properties of urban and rural surfaces (albedo, emissivity, thermal properties of soils). They determine the maximal UHI intensity that is realized only in “ideal” weather (weather factor ~1). Deviations from “ideal” conditions described by meteorological factors only reduce the maximal UHI intensity. In winter, heat leaks from buildings and heating networks weakly dependent on the meteorological factors make an additional contribution to the UHI intensity.
About the Authors

Fakaeva Nelly Rafaelevna, Junior Research Scientist, Institute of Geophysics UB RAS, 100, Amundsen st., 620016, Yekaterinburg Russian Federation, e-mail: fakaeva.n@gmail.com

Demezhko Dmitry Yurievich, Doctor of Scienses (Geology and Mineralogy), Principal Research Scientist, Institute of Geophysics UB RAS, 100, Amundsen st., 620016, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation, e-mail: ddem54@inbox.ru

Gornostaeva Anastasiya Aleksandrovna, Candidate of Scienses (Physics and Mathematics), Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Geophysics UB RAS, 100, Amundsen st., 620016, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation, e-mail: free_ride_@mail.ru

Khatskevich Bogdan Dmitrievich, Research Scientist, Institute of Geophysics UB RAS, 100, Amundsen st., 620016, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation, e-mail: disaybl@yandex.ru

For citation
Fakaeva N.R., Demezhko D.Yu., Gornostaeva A.A., Khatskevich B.D. Influence of Weather Factors on the Mean Daily Intensity of the Urban Heat Island In Yekaterinburg. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Earth Sciences, 2024, vol. 47, pp. 77-89. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3402.2024.47.77 (in Russian)
Keywords
urban climate, surface air temperature, urban heat island, weather factors.
UDC
551.588.7(470.54)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3402.2024.47.77
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