Urbanization Amplified Compound Hot Extremes Over the Three Major Urban Agglomerations in China

Abstract Understanding how urbanization affects compound hot extremes (CHEs) is important for the sustainable development in urban agglomeration under global warming. In this study, we investigate the changes of CHEs in summer over the Beijing‐Tianjin‐Hebei region (BTH), Yangtze River Delta (YRD) an...

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Main Authors: Xin Lin, Yujie Wang, Lianchun Song
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106644
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description Abstract Understanding how urbanization affects compound hot extremes (CHEs) is important for the sustainable development in urban agglomeration under global warming. In this study, we investigate the changes of CHEs in summer over the Beijing‐Tianjin‐Hebei region (BTH), Yangtze River Delta (YRD) and Pearl River Delta (PRD) in China, and assess the effects of urbanization on these changes. We find that the frequency and intensity of CHEs in summer show significantly increasing trends in these agglomerations in the recent five decades, particularly in megacities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Tianjin. The urbanization contributions to CHEs in the YRD and PRD were estimated to 36 ∼ 58%, while relatively small in the BTH, ranging 16 ∼ 29%. They were bonded to the unban size, expansion speed and local climate. In addition to global warming and urbanization, the strengthening continental high and enhancing Western Pacific Subtropical High and its westward displacement were favor to the increased CHEs.
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spelling doaj-art-54ea59dc040d4714a238384b7f1bfb952025-08-20T03:52:32ZengWileyGeophysical Research Letters0094-82761944-80072024-01-01512n/an/a10.1029/2023GL106644Urbanization Amplified Compound Hot Extremes Over the Three Major Urban Agglomerations in ChinaXin Lin0Yujie Wang1Lianchun Song2Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster Ministry of Education/International Joint Research Laboratory on Climate and Environment Change/Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology Nanjing ChinaKey Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster Ministry of Education/International Joint Research Laboratory on Climate and Environment Change/Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology Nanjing ChinaNational Climate Center China Meteorological Administration Beijing ChinaAbstract Understanding how urbanization affects compound hot extremes (CHEs) is important for the sustainable development in urban agglomeration under global warming. In this study, we investigate the changes of CHEs in summer over the Beijing‐Tianjin‐Hebei region (BTH), Yangtze River Delta (YRD) and Pearl River Delta (PRD) in China, and assess the effects of urbanization on these changes. We find that the frequency and intensity of CHEs in summer show significantly increasing trends in these agglomerations in the recent five decades, particularly in megacities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Tianjin. The urbanization contributions to CHEs in the YRD and PRD were estimated to 36 ∼ 58%, while relatively small in the BTH, ranging 16 ∼ 29%. They were bonded to the unban size, expansion speed and local climate. In addition to global warming and urbanization, the strengthening continental high and enhancing Western Pacific Subtropical High and its westward displacement were favor to the increased CHEs.https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106644compound hot extremesurbanization effecturban agglomerationChina
spellingShingle Xin Lin
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Lianchun Song
Urbanization Amplified Compound Hot Extremes Over the Three Major Urban Agglomerations in China
Geophysical Research Letters
compound hot extremes
urbanization effect
urban agglomeration
China
title Urbanization Amplified Compound Hot Extremes Over the Three Major Urban Agglomerations in China
title_full Urbanization Amplified Compound Hot Extremes Over the Three Major Urban Agglomerations in China
title_fullStr Urbanization Amplified Compound Hot Extremes Over the Three Major Urban Agglomerations in China
title_full_unstemmed Urbanization Amplified Compound Hot Extremes Over the Three Major Urban Agglomerations in China
title_short Urbanization Amplified Compound Hot Extremes Over the Three Major Urban Agglomerations in China
title_sort urbanization amplified compound hot extremes over the three major urban agglomerations in china
topic compound hot extremes
urbanization effect
urban agglomeration
China
url https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106644
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