Urban-Scale Processes in High-Spatial-Resolution Earth System Models
Abstract
Cities and their associated urban areas have a much larger impact on the environment than their spatial footprint on the Earth's surface. This is undoubtedly true at local and regional scales, but also at global scales. At this time, more than half of the world's population lives in urban areas (80% in the United States), and the global proportion is projected to climb to 70% by 2050. Therefore, numerical models to study physics, chemistry, and biology affecting the Earth system at regional and global scales must represent the effects of urban areas on climate and the effects of a changing climate on urban areas. At the same time, it is essential to develop state of the art, simple and accurate urban models to better understand the relevant processes and also to address issues related to urban security against the spectra of chemical, biological and radiological (CBR) hazards. Towards bringing urban scientific communities together, a two-and-a-half-day international workshop was held at the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) in the Chicago area on May 22-24, 2019. This workshop brought together more than 60 national and international experts to develop a roadmap for a better understanding of the issues associated with urban areas andmore »
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Illinois State Water Survey, Prairie Research Inst.
- Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), College Park, MD (United States). Joint Global Change Research Inst.
- Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States). Discovery Partners Inst.; Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Mansueto Inst. for Urban Innovation
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; US Army Research Office (ARO); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1721696
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-153011
Journal ID: ISSN 0003-0007
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 101; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-0007
- Publisher:
- American Meteorological Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Citation Formats
Sharma, Ashish, Wuebbles, Donald J., Kotamarthi, Rao, Calvin, Katherine, Drewniak, Beth, Catlett, Charles E., and Jacob, Robert. Urban-Scale Processes in High-Spatial-Resolution Earth System Models. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1175/bams-d-20-0114.1.
Sharma, Ashish, Wuebbles, Donald J., Kotamarthi, Rao, Calvin, Katherine, Drewniak, Beth, Catlett, Charles E., & Jacob, Robert. Urban-Scale Processes in High-Spatial-Resolution Earth System Models. United States. https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-20-0114.1
Sharma, Ashish, Wuebbles, Donald J., Kotamarthi, Rao, Calvin, Katherine, Drewniak, Beth, Catlett, Charles E., and Jacob, Robert. Tue .
"Urban-Scale Processes in High-Spatial-Resolution Earth System Models". United States. https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-20-0114.1. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1721696.
@article{osti_1721696,
title = {Urban-Scale Processes in High-Spatial-Resolution Earth System Models},
author = {Sharma, Ashish and Wuebbles, Donald J. and Kotamarthi, Rao and Calvin, Katherine and Drewniak, Beth and Catlett, Charles E. and Jacob, Robert},
abstractNote = {Cities and their associated urban areas have a much larger impact on the environment than their spatial footprint on the Earth's surface. This is undoubtedly true at local and regional scales, but also at global scales. At this time, more than half of the world's population lives in urban areas (80% in the United States), and the global proportion is projected to climb to 70% by 2050. Therefore, numerical models to study physics, chemistry, and biology affecting the Earth system at regional and global scales must represent the effects of urban areas on climate and the effects of a changing climate on urban areas. At the same time, it is essential to develop state of the art, simple and accurate urban models to better understand the relevant processes and also to address issues related to urban security against the spectra of chemical, biological and radiological (CBR) hazards. Towards bringing urban scientific communities together, a two-and-a-half-day international workshop was held at the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) in the Chicago area on May 22-24, 2019. This workshop brought together more than 60 national and international experts to develop a roadmap for a better understanding of the issues associated with urban areas and at enhancing the capabilities of regional and global Earth System models (ESMs) in representing the atmospheric dynamics and chemistry, unique aspects of the biosphere and land use, and human dimensions of the urban environment.},
doi = {10.1175/bams-d-20-0114.1},
journal = {Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society},
number = 9,
volume = 101,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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