Session 5 Analysis and Modeling of Coastal Urban Environments

Tuesday, 30 January 2024: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
343 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Chair:
TC Chakraborty, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Boulder, CO
CoChair:
Huilin Huang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA

Approximately 40% of the world's population resides within 100 km of the coastline, and coastal infrastructure handles up to 90% of international trade. The current record indicates a noticeable rise in coastal sea surface temperatures, which can potentially exacerbate coastal extreme events Coastal-urban areas are confronted with a multitude of challenges, including sea-level rise, alterations in river discharge patterns and flood recurrence intervals, shifts in the frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme events, coastal erosion, and the persistent expansion of urbanization itself. The interconnected nature of these challenges further complicates the planning of coastal-urban infrastructure and adaptation strategies. Urgent advancements are needed in comprehending those processes and their interactions to enhance forecasting techniques and Earth system models (ESMs). This will enable more precise modeling of specific events that have an impact on coastal and urban systems, ultimately supporting the resilience of energy and infrastructure. In this session, we invite submissions that investigate the processes associated with coastal urban thermodynamic and aerodynamic effects, urban aerosols, and their interactions with natural processes such as sea breezes.

Papers:
8:30 AM
5.1
Evaluating the Vertical Structure of Near-Coastal Meteorological Phenomena Around Urban Regions Using Uncrewed Aircraft Systems
Gijs de Boer, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and B. J. Butterworth, R. Calmer, E. Asher, T. Thornberry, P. Cleary, J. Hupy, F. M. Lappin, P. M. Klein, and B. Argrow

8:45 AM
5.2
Modelling & Observations of Anthropogenic Influences on Thunderstorms in Coastal Urban Houston
Jean Carlos Pena, University at Albany SUNY, Albany, NY; and R. Bornstein, K. Rahman, H. Gamarro, J. E. González-Cruz, and P. Ramamurthy

9:00 AM
5.3
Contrasting effects of lake breeze and urbanization on different types of precipitation in Chicago metropolitan area
Jiali Wang, ANL, Lemont, IL; and H. Tan, T. Moustakes, J. R. O'Brien, R. Kotamarthi, Z. Yang, T. Chakraborty, P. Xue, and Y. Qian

9:15 AM
5.4
The Relevance of Coupled Climate Model WRF-ELM for Atmosphere-Coastal-Urban-Rural Interaction Analysis
Huilin Huang, PNNL, Richland, WA; and Y. Qian, G. Bisht, J. Wang, B. Singh, T. Thurber, D. Hao, J. Li, T. Chakraborty, Z. Yang, and R. Hetland

9:30 AM
5.5
Isolating impacts of Urbanization and Lake Michigan on Chicago’s Climate and Heat Stress Disparities
TC Chakraborty, PNNL, Richland, WA; and J. Wang, Y. Qian, W. J. Pringle, Z. Yang, and P. Xue

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