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Haiyan Zheng1, Jinhang Yu2, Joongbin Lim3
1School of Economics, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin, China.
Abstract:
We examined the spatial and temporal characteristics of tropical nights (TNs) in Seoul to determine whether land use factors increase the frequency of TN. The number of TN was derived using data from 23 Automatic Weathering Stations (AWS) in Seoul for 1998-2006, and 26 AWS in Seoul and nine Gangnam-gu stations for 2007-2013. The results show that the number of TN recorded in the Seoul Automatic Synoptic Observation System (ASOS) gradually increased from 1971 to 2013. TN occurred most frequently in early August, followed by mid-August, late July, late August, mid-July, early July, early September, and mid-September. The largest annual average difference occurred between Gangnam Station and Yeomgokdong, in spite of the short physical distance (4.5 km) between two stations at Gangnam-gu. There were more TNs at high-rise buildings and commercial business district (CBD) areas with low sky view factors (SVF) than in mountain foothill areas.
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