Urban Climate Effects of Energy Demand for Space Heating

摘要

In the course of studying the weather dependence of fuel requirments for space heating in buildings, extensive and detailed heat source data were developed for several urban areas. These data were subsequently used for validating urban temperature fields which were derived from an advective-thermodynamic model of urban mixing heights. Results include analyses of urban climate data for assessing model performance under varying weather conditions and for validation of model assumptions. Empirical function for estimating stability and mixing heights in adjacent rural areas were also developed. Reprints. (MJM/AW)