Application of high resolution land use and land cover data for atmospheric modeling in the Houston-Galveston metropolitan area, Part I: Meteorological simulation results

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dc.contributor.authorChen, F-Yen_US
dc.contributor.authorByun, DWen_US
dc.contributor.otherAtmospheric Environmenten_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:46:25Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:46:25Z
dc.date.issuedOct. 2008en_US
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dc.descriptionpgs. 7795-7811en_US
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dc.description.abstractTo predict atmospheric conditions in an urban environment, the land surface processes must be accurately described through the use of detailed land use (LU) and land cover (LC) data. Use of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 25-category data, currently in the Fifth-generation Mesoscale Model (MM5), with the Noah land surface model (LSM) and MRF (medium-range forecast) planetary boundary layer (PBL) schemes resulted in the over-prediction of daytime temperatures in the Houston downtown area due to the inaccurate representation as a completely impervious surface. This bias could be corrected with the addition of canopy water in the urban areas from the evapotranspiration effects of urban vegetation. A more fundamental approach would be to utilize an LULC dataset that represents land surface features accurately. The Texas Forest Service (TFS) LULC dataset established with the LANDSAT satellite imagery correctly represents the Houston-Ga-lveston-Brazoria (HGB) area as mixtures of urban, residential, grass, and forest LULC types. This paper describes how the Noah LSM and PBL schemes in the MM5 were modified to accommodate the TFS-LULC data. Comparisons with various meteorological measurements show that the MM5 simulation made with the high resolution LULC data improves the boundary layer mixing conditions and local wind patterns in the Houston Ship Channel, which is a critically important anthropogenic emission area affecting the HGB air pollution problems. In particular, when the synoptic flows are weak, the improved LULC data simulates the asymmetrically elongated Houston heat island convergence zone influencing the location of the afternoon Gulf of Mexico sea-breeze front and the Galveston Bay breeze flows.en_US
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dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.geo-codeHoustonen_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/18567
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dc.locationNot available in house - Please contact GBIC for assistanceen_US
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dc.relation.ispartofseries10087.00en_US
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dc.subjectland surface modelen_US
dc.subjectland-sea breezeen_US
dc.subjectMM5en_US
dc.subjectsatellite-derived land use land cover dataen_US
dc.titleApplication of high resolution land use and land cover data for atmospheric modeling in the Houston-Galveston metropolitan area, Part I: Meteorological simulation resultsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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dc.vol-issue42(33)en_US

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