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Architectural and Urban Environmental Engineering Lab
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The lab investigates urban climate through simulation and field observation.
AboutAbout the lab
Investigating the urban thermal environment through computation and observation
Assistant Professor Yoichi Kawamoto studies the thermal environment and wind environment of cities.
People living in cities spend most of their time inside buildings, and people and their surrounding environment influence each other.
The lab works mainly from the viewpoint of the thermal environment, aiming for a sustainable society that achieves comfortable living environments while reducing the burden on the natural environment.
The lab has published papers that use mesoscale meteorological model simulations and field observations to study sea breezes and the urban heat island in the Fukuoka metropolitan area.
Key terms
- Mesoscale meteorological model
- A model used for numerical weather prediction. It is used around the world to analyze the thermal and wind environments of urban areas.
- Sea breeze
- A wind that blows from the sea toward the land. It is attracting attention as a possible way to mitigate the heat island effect in coastal cities.
- Urban heat island
- A phenomenon in which temperatures become higher in summer in densely built-up urban areas. It is a typical example of an urban climate problem.
ResearchResearch themes
People living in cities spend most of their time inside buildings and influence their surrounding environment, and vice versa. Toward a sustainable society that achieves both comfortable living environments and a reduced burden on the natural environment, the lab works on urban climate simulation and field observation, mainly from the viewpoint of the thermal environment.
Reproducing urban climate through simulation
The lab uses a mesoscale meteorological model to simulate urban climate. In a 2022 paper, it examined the sea breeze in the Fukuoka metropolitan area and, by comparing with observations, how the way initial and boundary values are given affects the accuracy of the reproduction.
Exploring the mechanisms of urban climate through field observation
The lab works to clarify the mechanisms of urban climate through field observation. In a 2017 paper, it observed upper-air winds with a Doppler lidar and compared them with calculation results, showing that urbanization may have weakened the inland penetration of the sea breeze.
MembersFaculty
- Assistant ProfessorYoichi Kawamoto
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