Articles | Volume 17, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-5439-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-5439-2017
Research article
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27 Apr 2017
Research article |  | 27 Apr 2017

Urbanization-induced urban heat island and aerosol effects on climate extremes in the Yangtze River Delta region of China

Shi Zhong, Yun Qian, Chun Zhao, Ruby Leung, Hailong Wang, Ben Yang, Jiwen Fan, Huiping Yan, Xiu-Qun Yang, and Dongqing Liu

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An online climate–chemistry coupled model (WRF-Chem) is integrated for 5 years at cloud-permitting scale to quantify the impacts of urbanization-induced changes in land cover and pollutants emission on regional climate in the Yangtze River Delta region in eastern China. Urbanization over this region increases the frequency of extreme precipitation and heat wave in summer. The results could help China government in making policies in mitigating the environmental impact of urbanization.
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