Empirical and Numerical Approaches in Urban Microclimate Modeling: Investigation on the Reliability

Lin Yola, Olutobi Gbenga Ayegbusi, Halvina Grasela Saiya, Komara Djaja

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Abstract

Urban climate modeling indicates a significant development in accomplishing the urgent solutions to the current urban climate change challenge. As the demand for sustainable urban development continue to grow, researchers have derived range of strategies and methodologies to explore the urban issues. Direct field measurements and data collection have been the popular approach for urban microclimate studies. However, in recent times, numerical simulation approaches have become increasingly popular. This study presents the urban microclimate modeling of a tropical outdoor space with dense building blocks using empirical and numerical approaches. This investigation covers the evaluation of air temperature, air movement, and relative humidity. The results revealed that the two approaches are significantly correlated. However, this study points out that numerical modeling is a reliable approach in performing the hypothetical urban microclimate modeling in the high-rise building blocks. The findings therefore suggest that numerical approach is better in the study of Urban Heat Island for strategic mitigation purpose than empirical approach.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSustainable Architecture and Building Environment - Proceedings of ICSDEMS 2020
EditorsLin Yola, Utaberta Nangkula, Olutobi Gbenga Ayegbusi, Mokhtar Awang
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages51-57
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9789811623288
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
EventInternational Conference on Sustainable Design, Engineering, Management, and Sciences, ICSDEMS 2020 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 8 Dec 20209 Dec 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Volume161
ISSN (Print)2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)2366-2565

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Sustainable Design, Engineering, Management, and Sciences, ICSDEMS 2020
CityVirtual, Online
Period8/12/209/12/20

Keywords

  • ENVI-met simulation
  • Reliability study
  • Tropical context
  • Urban configurations
  • Urban microclimate

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