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- Title
Climatic effects of urbanization in Istanbul: a statistical and modeling analysis.
- Authors
Ezber, Yasemin; Sen, Omer Lutfi; Kindap, Tayfun; Karaca, Mehmet
- Abstract
The article offers information on the climactic effects of urbanization in Istanbul, Turkey, using statistical and modeling method. To capture the climactic trends and changes in trends in Istanbul, the Mann-Kendall trend test and a mesoscale atmospheric model were used. The study shows the expansion of urban heat in the city is related to population growth. The experiment recorded the decreasing volume of northeasterly wind and water vapor mixing over the city. The increasing heat in the city is associated on the urbanization activity in earth's surface.
- Subjects
ISTANBUL (Turkey); TURKEY; CLIMATE change; URBANIZATION &; the environment; GLOBAL temperature changes; EARTH temperature; EXPERIMENTAL design; GLOBAL Weather Experiment Project; SURFACE of the earth
- Publication
International Journal of Climatology, 2007, Vol 27, Issue 5, p667
- ISSN
0899-8418
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/joc.1420