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Heat island circulation; urban heat island; Sea Breeze Front; Thermal Internal Boundary Layer

A two-dimensional numerical model is employed to study the effect of the coastal urban heat island on the sea breeze front and the thermal internal boundary layer height. The temperature at the land surface is determined by solving an energy budget equation. The effect of the urban heat island is studied by varying the width of the region and its intensity. During the early afternoon, the presence of the urban heat island enhances the strength of convergence of the sea breeze front and also reduces its inland penetration. The presence of the urban heat island causes increased thermal internal boundary layer height. Larger urban width causes larger vertical velocity and higher thermal internal boundary layer. Stronger convergence and higher thermal internal boundary layer are also obtained in case of larger heat island intensity.

Abhijit Sarkar¹ R S Saraswat¹ A Chandrasekar¹

1. Department of Physics and Meteorology, I.I. T, Kharagpur - 721302, India

Published

June 1998

Manuscript received

30 March 1995

Manuscript revised

15 March 1997