TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lauwaeta, Dirk
A1  - Ridder, Koen de
A1  - Saeed, Sajjad
A1  - Brisson, Erwan
A1  - Chatterjee, Fabien
A1  - Lipzig, Nicole P. M. van
A1  - Maiheu, Bino
A1  - Hooyberghs, Hans
T1  - Assessing the current and future urban heat island of Brussels
T2  - Urban Climate
N2  - This study examines the urban heat island (UHI) of Brussels, for both current (2000–2009) and projected future (2060–2069) climate conditions, by employing very high resolution (250 m) modelling experiments, using the urban boundary layer climate model UrbClim. Meteorological parameters that are related to the intensity of the UHI are identified and it is investigated how these parameters and the magnitude of the UHI evolve for two plausible trajectories for future climate conditions. UHI intensity is found to be strongly correlated to the inversion strength in the lowest 100 m of the atmosphere. The results for the future scenarios indicate that the magnitude of the UHI is expected to decrease slightly due to global warming. This can be attributed to the increased incoming longwave radiation, caused by higher air temperature and humidity values. The presence of the UHI also has a significant impact on the frequency of extreme temperature events in the city area, both in present and future climates, and exacerbates the impact of climate change on the urban population as the amount of heat wave days in the city increases twice as fast as in the rural surroundings.
KW  - Belgium
KW  - Brussels
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Downscaling
KW  - Urban heat island
KW  - UrbClim model
Y1  - 2015
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/44573
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-445730
SN  - 2212-0955
N1  - License:  Creative Commons Zero - CC0 1.0 ; https://zenodo.org/record/35332#.WedFulu0Pcs
VL  - 15.2016
SP  - 1
EP  - 15
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam [u.a.]
ER  -