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Road Climate in Cities: A Study of the Stockholm Area, South-East Sweden

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2002

Torbjörn Gustavsson ,
Jörgen Bogren  and
Cecilia Green
Torbjörn Gustavsson
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Climatology, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Göteborg, Box 460, SE 405 30, Göteborg University, Sweden
Jörgen Bogren
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Climatology, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Göteborg, Box 460, SE 405 30, Göteborg University, Sweden
Cecilia Green
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Climatology, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Göteborg, Box 460, SE 405 30, Göteborg University, Sweden
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Abstract

The difference between air and road surface temperature in urban and rural areas is an important consideration when modelling the road climate. In this study the effect of the urban heat island in the Stockholm area on road climate is examined. Factors such as distance from the city centre, traffic and topography are analysed in order to assess their impact on the spatial variation of road and air temperature.

Type
Research Article
Information
Meteorological Applications , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , December 2001 , pp. 481 - 489
Copyright
© 2001 Royal Meteorological Society

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