Open AccessThe Need for Urban‐Resolving Climate Modeling Across Scales
Author(s) -
Sharma Ashish,
Wuebbles Donald J.,
Kotamarthi Rao
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
agu advances
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-604X
DOI - 10.1029/2020av000271
Subject(s) - urban climate , urbanization , climate change , urban climatology , climate model , urban planning , environmental science , geography , microscale chemistry , environmental resource management , representation (politics) , natural (archaeology) , environmental planning , ecology , political science , mathematics education , mathematics , archaeology , biology , politics , law
Increasing urbanization, evolving urban landscapes, and growing populations require an accurate representation of urban areas and urban processes at microscale, regional, and global scales and their feedback across the scales. Important urban processes should be represented in climate models, and current approaches used are discussed. We discuss strategies for urban‐resolving climate research to capture the effect of climate on urban regions and the non‐linear urban processes on climate. Advancing urban‐resolving climate modeling will take us closer to capabilities that can truly capture relevant natural and human components.