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Near ground air temperature calculation model based on heat transfer of vertical turbulent and horizontal air flow

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In order to calculate the air temperature of the near surface layer in urban environment, the surface layer air was divided into several sections in the vertical direction, and some energy balance equations were developed for each air layer, in which the heat exchange due to vertical turbulence and horizontal air flow was taken into account. Then, the vertical temperature distribution of the surface layer air was obtained through the coupled calculation using the energy balance equations of underlying surfaces and building walls. Moreover, the measured air temperatures in a small area (with a horizontal scale of less than 500 m) and a large area (with a horizontal scale of more than 1 000 m) in Guangzhou in summer were used to validate the proposed model. The calculated results accord well with the measured ones, with a maximum relative error of 4.18%. It is thus concluded that the proposed model is a high-accuracy method to theoretically analyze the urban heat island and the thermal environment.

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  1. School of Architecture, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China

    Lei Zhang  (张磊) & Qing-lin Meng  (孟庆林)

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Foundation item: Project(50808083) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China

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Zhang, L., Meng, Ql. Near ground air temperature calculation model based on heat transfer of vertical turbulent and horizontal air flow. J. Cent. South Univ. Technol. 19, 721–726 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-012-1063-9

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