High-Resolution Mapping of Anthropogenic Heat in China from 1992 to 2010

Anthropogenic heat generated by human activity contributes to urban and regional climate warming. Due to the resolution and accuracy of existing anthropogenic heat data, it is difficult to analyze and simulate the corresponding effects. This study exploited a new method to estimate high spatial and temporal resolutions of anthropogenic heat based on long-term data of energy consumption and the US Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-Operational Linescan System (DMSP-OLS) data from 1992 to 2010 across China. Our results showed that, throughout the entire study period, there are apparent increasing trends in anthropogenic heat in three major metropoli, i.e., the Beijing-Tianjin region, the Yangzi River delta and the Pearl River delta. The annual mean anthropogenic heat fluxes for Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou in 2010 were 17 Wm−2, 19 and 7.8 Wm−2, respectively. Comparisons with previous studies indicate that DMSP-OLS data could provide a better spatial proxy for estimating anthropogenic heat than population density and our analysis shows better performance at large scales for estimation of anthropogenic heat.

• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

• Publication date

  2014-04-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3390/ijerph110404066PMID 24736688PMCID 4025016
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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