Browse > Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.5322/JESI.2014.23.11.1851

A study on the Characteristics of Urban Dryness in Busan  

Park, Myung-Hee (Fishery and Ocen Information Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute)
Lee, Joon-Soo (Fishery and Ocen Information Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute)
Suh, Young-Sang (Fishery and Ocen Information Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute)
Han, In-Seong (Fishery and Ocen Information Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute)
Lee, Hye-Hyun (Fishery and Ocen Information Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute)
Kim, Hae-Dong (The Department of Global Environment, Keimyung University)
Bae, Hun-Kyun (The Department of Global Environment, Keimyung University)
Publication Information
Journal of Environmental Science International / v.23, no.11, 2014 , pp. 1851-1862 More about this Journal
Abstract
It is well known that urban relative humidity has continuous decreasing trend owing to the influence of urbanization. The change of relative humidity is directly influenced by two factors, namely, temperature effect and water vapor effect in various urban effects. In this study, the temperature and the water vapor effects on the relative humidity change were analyzed by using monthly mean relative humidities for a long period(1961~2013) in Busan and Daegu. The major results obtained in this study can be summarized as follows. Firstly, the urban dryness was caused mainly by water vapor effect in summer. But, for the other seasons, the urban dryness is mainly due to the temperature effect. Secondly, the relative humidity in Busan is on the decrease until now. This phenomenon is similar to another Korean huge cities such as Seoul, Daejeon and Incheon.
Keywords
Urban effect; Temperature effect; Water vapor effect; Urban dryness;
Citations & Related Records
Times Cited By KSCI : 4  (Citation Analysis)
연도 인용수 순위
1 Chandler, T. J., 1970, Selected bibliography on urban climate, WMO, 383.
2 Choo, H. A., 2002, Study on the dryness patterns according to urban scales in Korea, Master, Keimyung university, Daegu.
3 Deosthali, V., 2000, Impact of rapid urban growth on heat and moisture islands in Pune city, India, Atmos. Environment, 34, 2745-2754.   DOI   ScienceOn
4 Grefen, K., Loebel, L., 1988, Environmental Meteorology, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Germany, 655.
5 Hage, K. D., 1975, Urban-rural humidity differences, J. Appli. Meteorol., 14, 1277-1283.   DOI
6 Henry, J. A., Dirks, S. E., 1985, Urban and rural humidity distributions; Relationships to surface materials and land use, J. Climatol., 5(1), 53-62.   DOI
7 Landsberg, H. E., 1979, Atmospheric changes in a growing community (the Columbia, Mayland experience), Urban Ecology, 4, 53-81.   DOI   ScienceOn
8 Kawamura, T., Ono, H., 1993, The urban dryness in Japan, Study group for climate impact and application Newsletter, 9, 39-42.
9 Kondo, J., Kueagata, T. Haginoya, S., 1989, Heat budget analysis of nocturnal cooling and daytime heating in basin, J. Atmos. Sci., 46, 2917-2933.   DOI
10 Ko, M. C., Lee, S. H., 2013, Astudy on the change of humidity by city size in South Korea, J. Korea Geogr. Soc., 48(1), 19-36.
11 Landsberg, H. E., 1981, The urban climate, International Geophysical Series 28, Academic Press: new York and London.
12 Lowry, W. P., 1977, Empirical estimation of urban effects on climate: A problem analysis. J. Apli. Meteorol., 16(2), 129-135.   DOI   ScienceOn
13 NIMR(National Institute of Meteorological Research), 2009, Understanding climate change 2, Climate change in the Korean peninsula: the Present and future: Focused on research performance by National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seoul.
14 Omoto, K., 1993, The latest urban climate, Study group for climate impact and application Newsletter, 9, 1-4.
15 Park, I. S., Jang, Y. W., Chung, K. W., Lee G. W., Owen, J. S. Kwon, W. T., Yun, W. T. 2014, In-depth review of IPCC 5th assessment report, J. Korean Soci. Atmos. Env., 30(2), 188-200.   과학기술학회마을   DOI
16 Park, M. H., Kim, H. D., 2007, A study on the characteristics of urban dryness in Deagu, J. Env. Sci. Int., 16(2), 171-178.   DOI
17 Park, M. H., Kim, H. D., 2011, Evaluation of mitigation effect of Upo-swamp on the air temperature variation with nighttime cooling rate, J. Env. Sci., 20(3), 309-319.   과학기술학회마을   DOI   ScienceOn
18 Park, M. H., Lee, J. S., Ahn, J. S., Shu, Y. S., Han, I. S., Kim, H. D., 2012, Study on the climate change and the urbanization effect in Busan, J. Env. Sci., 21(4), 401-409.
19 Um, H. H., Ha, K. J., Moon, S. E., 1997, The urban effect on the change of relative humidity in Seoul, J. Korean Meteor. Soc., 127-135.
20 Song, S. H., Min, K. D., 1987, On the variations of humidity due to urban effects at the major cities in Korea, Proceedings of the Korean Earth Science Society Conferences, 14-15.
21 Harada, A., 1985, Air pollution and Climate change, Tokyo Press, 222.