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Effect of an urban park on air temperature differences in a central business district area

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Urban open spaces such as parks can act as urban cool islands. For example, in Seoul, Korea, the many Lee Dynasty royal palaces and tombs act as urban cool islands that reduce the temperature of the park compared with the surrounding urban areas. In order to determine the effect of air temperature differences because of the urban royal tomb park, Seolleung Royal Tomb Park (SPK) and the nearby Seolleung subway station (SLS), air temperatures were recorded at 10 min intervals from November 9th, 2007 to November 8th, 2008. The data were analyzed and examined to illustrate air temperature-reducing effects during the day and over the year. Results of the investigation show that the average air temperature differences due to SPK in the nearby SLS was 1.76°C, and the maximum air temperature-reducing effects due to SPK occur in September, not during the winter. The air temperature-reducing effect due to SPK decreases rapidly from the park boundary, because of the urban morphology and land use.

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Abbreviations

UHI:

Urban heat island

CBD:

Central Business District

GWS:

Gahngnam Automatic Weathering Station

KMA:

Korea Meteorological administration

SPK:

Seolleung Park

SLS:

Seolleung Subway Station

GNS:

Gahngnam Subway Station

HJH:

Hanjeon Electric Company Headquarters

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This research was supported by CATER 2006-3302 in Korea and the authors wish to express their appreciation for the support.

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  1. Institute of Construction and Environment, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea

    Sang-Hwa Lee

  2. Department of Landscape Architecture, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea

    Kyoo-Seock Lee & Wen-Cheng Jin

  3. Department of Forest Resources, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea

    Ho-Kyung Song

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Lee, SH., Lee, KS., Jin, WC. et al. Effect of an urban park on air temperature differences in a central business district area. Landscape Ecol Eng 5, 183–191 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11355-009-0067-6

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