Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Assessing the effect of land use/land cover change on the change of urban heat island intensity

  • Published:
Theoretical and Applied Climatology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Summary

Due to rapid economic development, China has experienced one of the greatest rates of change in land use/land cover during the last two decades. This change is mainly urban expansion and cultivated land reduction in urban growth regions, both of which play an important role in regional climate change. In this paper, the variation of the urban heat island (UHI) caused by urbanization has been evaluated with an analysis of land use change in China. First, meteorological observation stations were grouped by different land cover types (dry land, paddy field, forest, grassland, water field, urban, rural inhabitable area, industrial and mineral land, and waste land) throughout China. These stations were subdivided into urban and non-urban classes. Then, a new method was proposed to determine the UHI intensity from the difference between the observed and the interpolated air temperature of urban type weather stations. The results indicate that the trends of UHI intensity in different land use change regions are spatially correlated with regional land use and its change pattern. During 1991–2000, the estimated UHI intensity has increased by 0.11 °C per decade in the spring and has fluctuated in other seasons throughout China resulting from land use change.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Brian P, Dan Moses S-K, Craig KS, Hashem A (1998) Existing Climate Data Sources and Their Use in Heat Island Research, http://eetd.lbl.gov/EA/Reports/41973/Existing Climate Data Sources and Their Use in Heat Island Research

  • TN Carlson ST Arthur (2000) ArticleTitleThe impact of land use/land cover changes due to urbanization on surface microclimate and hydrology: A satellite perspective Global Planet Change 25 49–65 Occurrence Handle10.1016/S0921-8181(00)00021-7

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • G Esser (1989) ArticleTitleGlobal land-use changes from 1860 to 1980 and future projections to 2500 Ecol Model 44 307–316 Occurrence Handle10.1016/0304-3800(89)90036-7

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • KP Gallo JD Tarpley (1996) ArticleTitleThe comparison of vegetation index and surface temperature composites for urban heat-island analysis Int J Remote Sensing 17 3071–3076 Occurrence Handle10.1080/01431169608949128

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • XJ Gao Y Luo WT Lin ZC Zhao F Giorgi (2003) ArticleTitleSimulation of effects of land use change on climate in China by a regional climate model Adv Atomos Sci 20 583–592

    Google Scholar 

  • J Grunblatt WK Ottichilo RK Sinange (1992) ArticleTitleA GIS approach to desertification assessment and mapping J Arid Environ 23 81–102

    Google Scholar 

  • JRE Harger (1995) ArticleTitleAir-temperature and ENSO effects in Indonesia, the Philippines and El Salvador. ENSO patterns and changes from 1866–1993 Atmos Environ 29 1919–1942 Occurrence Handle10.1016/1352-2310(95)00017-S

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • D Hillel C Rosenzweig (2002) ArticleTitleDesertification in relation to climate variability and change Adv Agron 77 1–38 Occurrence Handle10.1016/S0065-2113(02)77012-0

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • FA Huff SA Changnon SuffixJr (1972) ArticleTitleClimatological assessment of urban effects on precipitation at St. Louis J Appl Meteor 11 823–842 Occurrence Handle10.1175/1520-0450(1972)011<0823:CAOUEO>2.0.CO;2

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • IPCC (2001) Climate change 2001: Working Group I: The Scientific Basis, IPCC third assessment report

  • PD Jones PY Groisman M Coughlan N Plummer WC Wang TR Karl (1990) ArticleTitleAssessment of urbanization effects in time series of surface temperature over land Nature 347 1669–1772

    Google Scholar 

  • E Kalnay M Cai (2003) ArticleTitleImpact of urbanization and land-use change on climate Nature 423 528–531 Occurrence Handle10.1038/nature01675

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • E Kalnay M Kanamitsu R Kistler W Collins D Deaven L Gandin M Iredell S Saha G White J Woollen Y Zhu M Celliah W Ebisuzaki W Higgins J Janowiak KC Mo C Ropelewski J Wang A Leetmaa R Reynolds R Jenne D Joseph (1996) ArticleTitleThe NCEP/NCAR 40-year reanalysis project Bull Amer Meteor Soc 77 437–471 Occurrence Handle10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<0437:TNYRP>2.0.CO;2

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • TR Karl HF Diaz G Kukla (1988) ArticleTitleUrbanization: its detection and effect in the United States climate record J Climate 1 1099–1123 Occurrence Handle10.1175/1520-0442(1988)001<1099:UIDAEI>2.0.CO;2

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • R Kistler E Kalnay W Collins S Saha G White J Woollen M Chelliah W Ebisuzaki M Kanamitsu V Kousky et al. (2001) ArticleTitleThe NCEP-NCAR 50-year reanalysis: monthly means CD-ROM and documentation Bull Amer Meteor Soc 82 247–268 Occurrence Handle10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<0247:TNNYRM>2.3.CO;2

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lambin EF, Baulies X, Bockstael N, Fischer G, Krug T, Leemans R, Moran EF, Rindfuss RR, Sato Y, Skole D, Turber BL II, Vogel C (1999) IGBP Report No.48/IHDP Report No. 10: Land-use and land-cover change implementation strategy. IGBP Secretariat, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, pp 75–85

  • Q Li H Zhang X Liu J Huang (2004) ArticleTitleUrban heat island effect on annual mean temperature during the last 50 years in China Theor Appl Climatol 79 165–174 Occurrence Handle10.1007/s00704-004-0065-4

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • J Liu H Tian M Liu D Zhuang JM Melillo Z Zhang (2005a) ArticleTitleChina’s changing landscape during the 1990s: Large-scale land transformations estimated with satellite data Geophys Res Lett 32 L02405 Occurrence Handle10.1029/2004GL021649

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • J Liu M Liu HQ Tian D Zhuang Z Zhang W Zhang X Tang X Deng (2005b) ArticleTitleSpatial and temporal patterns of China’s cropland during 1990–2000: An analysis based on Landsat TM data Remote Sensing Environ 98 442–456 Occurrence Handle10.1016/j.rse.2005.08.012

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • JY Liu ZX Zhang DF Zhuang YM Wang WC Zhou SW Zhang RD Li N Jiang SX Wu (2003) ArticleTitleA study on the spatial-temporal dynamic changes of land-use and driving forces analyses of China in the 1990s Geographical research (Chinese version) 22 1–12

    Google Scholar 

  • JY Liu ML Liu DF Zhuang ZX Zhang XZ Deng (2002) ArticleTitleAnalyses of the recent spatial land use change pattern in China Sci China Ser D 32 1031–1040

    Google Scholar 

  • WP Lowry (1977) ArticleTitleEmpirical estimation of urban effects on climate: A problem analysis J Appl Meteor 16 129–135 Occurrence Handle10.1175/1520-0450(1977)016<0129:EEOUEO>2.0.CO;2

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • B Matsushita M Xu J Chen S Kameyama M Tamura (2004) ArticleTitleEstimation of regional net primary productivity (NPP) using a process-based ecosystem model: How important is the accuracy of climate data? Ecol Model 178 371–338 Occurrence Handle10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.03.012

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Oke TR (1974) Review of urban climatology 1968–1973. Tech Note No. 134, WMO, 132 pp

  • TR Oke (1982) ArticleTitleThe energetic basis of the urban heat island Quart J Roy Meteor Soc 108 1–24

    Google Scholar 

  • TW Owen TN Carlson RR Gillies (1998) ArticleTitleAn assessment of satellite remotely-sensed land cover parameters in quantitatively describing the climatic effect of urbanization Int J Remote Sensing 19 1663–1681 Occurrence Handle10.1080/014311698214127

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • M Roth TR Oke WJ Emery (1989) ArticleTitleSatellite-derived urban heat islands from three coastal cities and the utilization of such data in urban climatology Int J Remote Sensing 10 1699–1720 Occurrence Handle10.1080/01431168908904002

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • DM Streutker (2003) ArticleTitleSatellite-measured growth of the urban heat island of Houston, Texas Remote Sensing Environ 85 282–289 Occurrence Handle10.1016/S0034-4257(03)00007-5

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • PE Thornton SW Running MA White (1997) ArticleTitleGenerating surfaces of daily meteorological variables over large regions of complex terrain J Hydrol 190 214–251 Occurrence Handle10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03128-9

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • WC Wang Z Zeng TR Karl (1990) ArticleTitleUrban heat islands in China Geophys Res Lett 17 2377–2380

    Google Scholar 

  • HL Wei CB Fu (1998) ArticleTitleStudy of the sensitivity of a regional model in response to land cover change over northern China Hydrol Process 12 2249–2265 Occurrence Handle10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19981030)12:13/14<2249::AID-HYP733>3.0.CO;2-Q

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • QH Weng SH Yang (2004) ArticleTitleManaging the adverse thermal effects of urban development in a densely populated Chinese city J Environ Manage 70 145–156 Occurrence Handle10.1016/j.jenvman.2003.11.006

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • GY Zhang WJ Dong DZ Ye ZB Fu (2003) ArticleTitleNew proof to validate the effect of vegetation on summer climate in China Chinese Sci Bull 48 91–95 Occurrence Handle10.1360/03tb9019

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • LM Zhou RE Dickinson YH Tian JY Fang QX Li RK Kaufmann CJ Tucker RB Myneni (2004) ArticleTitleEvidence for a significant urbanization effect on climate in China PNAS 101 9540–9544 Occurrence Handle10.1073/pnas.0400357101

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    J. F. He

  2. Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    J. Y. Liu, D. F. Zhuang & M. L. Liu

  3. Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chao yang district, Beijing, China

    W. Zhang

  4. School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn, Alabama, USA

    M. L. Liu

Authors
  1. J. F. He
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. J. Y. Liu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. D. F. Zhuang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. W. Zhang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. M. L. Liu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

He, J., Liu, J., Zhuang, D. et al. Assessing the effect of land use/land cover change on the change of urban heat island intensity. Theor. Appl. Climatol. 90, 217–226 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-006-0273-1

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-006-0273-1

Keywords

Search

Navigation