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

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

doi:10.1007/978-981-16-2329-5_7

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

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

Department of Economics

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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 language	English
Title of host publication	Sustainable Architecture and Building Environment - Proceedings of ICSDEMS 2020
Editors	Lin Yola, Utaberta Nangkula, Olutobi Gbenga Ayegbusi, Mokhtar Awang
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	51-57
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9789811623288
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2329-5_7
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	International Conference on Sustainable Design, Engineering, Management, and Sciences, ICSDEMS 2020 - Virtual, Online Duration: 8 Dec 2020 → 9 Dec 2020

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Volume	161
ISSN (Print)	2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)	2366-2565

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Sustainable Design, Engineering, Management, and Sciences, ICSDEMS 2020
City	Virtual, Online
Period	8/12/20 → 9/12/20

UN SDGs

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SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

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

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Yola, L., Ayegbusi, O. G., Saiya, H. G., & Djaja, K. (2022). Empirical and Numerical Approaches in Urban Microclimate Modeling: Investigation on the Reliability. In L. Yola, U. Nangkula, O. G. Ayegbusi, & M. Awang (Eds.), Sustainable Architecture and Building Environment - Proceedings of ICSDEMS 2020 (pp. 51-57). (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering; Vol. 161). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2329-5_7

Yola, Lin ; Ayegbusi, Olutobi Gbenga ; Saiya, Halvina Grasela et al. / Empirical and Numerical Approaches in Urban Microclimate Modeling : Investigation on the Reliability. Sustainable Architecture and Building Environment - Proceedings of ICSDEMS 2020. editor / Lin Yola ; Utaberta Nangkula ; Olutobi Gbenga Ayegbusi ; Mokhtar Awang. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022. pp. 51-57 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering).

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Yola, L, Ayegbusi, OG, Saiya, HG & Djaja, K 2022, Empirical and Numerical Approaches in Urban Microclimate Modeling: Investigation on the Reliability. in L Yola, U Nangkula, OG Ayegbusi & M Awang (eds), Sustainable Architecture and Building Environment - Proceedings of ICSDEMS 2020. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol. 161, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 51-57, International Conference on Sustainable Design, Engineering, Management, and Sciences, ICSDEMS 2020, Virtual, Online, 8/12/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2329-5_7

Empirical and Numerical Approaches in Urban Microclimate Modeling: Investigation on the Reliability. / Yola, Lin; Ayegbusi, Olutobi Gbenga; Saiya, Halvina Grasela et al.
Sustainable Architecture and Building Environment - Proceedings of ICSDEMS 2020. ed. / Lin Yola; Utaberta Nangkula; Olutobi Gbenga Ayegbusi; Mokhtar Awang. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022. p. 51-57 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering; Vol. 161).

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Yola L, Ayegbusi OG, Saiya HG, Djaja K. Empirical and Numerical Approaches in Urban Microclimate Modeling: Investigation on the Reliability. In Yola L, Nangkula U, Ayegbusi OG, Awang M, editors, Sustainable Architecture and Building Environment - Proceedings of ICSDEMS 2020. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2022. p. 51-57. (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering). doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-2329-5_7

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