HeatDome: The effects of ideal city shape and city clusters on urban-like heat island circulation in a calm and stratified environment
Grant Data
Project Title
HeatDome: The effects of ideal city shape and city clusters on urban-like heat island circulation in a calm and stratified environment
Principal Investigator
Professor Li, Yuguo
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Professor Hunt Julian CR
(Co-Investigator)
Professor Fung Jimmy Chi Hung
(Co-Investigator)
Duration
36
Start Date
2017-11-01
Amount
582000
Conference Title
HeatDome: The effects of ideal city shape and city clusters on urban-like heat island circulation in a calm and stratified environment
Presentation Title
Keywords
buildings, Heat dome, urban heat island circulation, urban plume, urban shape
Discipline
Building and Construction,Thermal
Panel
Engineering (E)
HKU Project Code
17201817
Grant Type
General Research Fund (GRF)
Funding Year
2017
Status
Completed
Objectives
1) Explore the physical mechanisms contributing to UHIC size; 2) Elucidate the impact of an urban area’s shape and morphology on its 3D UHIC, with a focus on the complexities of the near-surface wind flows and temperature distribution; 3) Investigate dome cluster merging, with a focus on the cluster pattern, including the urban area shape and morphology, and the distance between cities with the cluster.