Tropical surface urban heat islands in east Africa

被引:12
作者
Garuma, Gemechu Fanta [1 ]
机构
[1] Space Sci & Geospatial Inst SSGI, Res Ctr, Dept Space & Planetary Sci, Atmospher & Climate Sci Unit,Entoto Observ & Res C, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
关键词
CLIMATE; WATER; EVAPORATION; IMPACT;
D O I
10.1038/s41598-023-31678-6
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The horn of Africa is susceptible to droughts because of the persistent heat waves and insufficient precipitation. The growth of urban population and built-up urban environments exacerbate the overheating problems due to the urban heat island effects. Understanding the impacts of anthropogenic activities in such dry environments is important to control or mitigate extreme heat leading to droughts. This is required to preserve soil moisture, pothole waters, lakes and rivers that are required for pasture and drinking water. Nonetheless, the intensity and duration of the urban heat island effects have not been investigated in this region resulting in the underestimation of the intensity and severity of the extreme heat events. This study therefore performs the quantitative analyses of the intensity, duration and causality of the tropical surface urban heat islands (TSUHIs) for the first time using earth observation information at a regional to local scale. It also identifies the factors that control TSUHIs, considering background climate, population, vegetation and the impervious urban fractions. Results showed that the TSUHI in the capital cities of tropical east Africa varies from 1 degrees C in Dodoma to 4 degrees C in Kampala and reaches up to 8 degrees C in Khartoum. The mean temperature contribution to regional climate from 2000 to 2020 is 0.64 vC during the day and 0.34 degrees C during the night, a mean total of around 0.5 degrees C, a 0.25 degrees C increase per decade. This is a quarter of the increase in global surface temperature, which is approximate to 1.09 degrees C from 2011 to 2020 compared to the 1850-1900 level. Most of these capital cities in this region exhibited high TSUHIs from late summer to winter and are dependent on mainly population, vegetation, evapotranspiration and soil moisture in different proportions. This urban induced additional temperature has been intensifying droughts in tropical east Africa. Therefore, urban planners are advised to consider the impacts of TSUHIs to reduce the severity of droughts in the tropical east Africa region.
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