Scientia Iranica

Scientia Iranica

Corrigendum to "Some resilient aspects of urban areas to air pollution and climate change, case study: Tehran, Iran" [Scientia Iranica 23(5) (2016) 1994-2004]

Authors
A.A. Bidokhti 1
Z. Shariepour 2
S. Sehatkashani 3
1 Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
2 Center of Excellence of Spatial Analysis of Environmental Hazards, Department of Climatology, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
3 Department of Meteorology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
10.24200/sci.2016.2300
Abstract
The e ects of climate and meteorological factors on urban problems such as air pollution, heat island, and urban hydrology have increasingly become important in terms of mitigation and adaptation issues during the recent years. In the present paper, we discuss some of the climate or meteorological factors a ecting air pollution in Tehran. Tehran is a unique megacity in terms of geographic setting, being mountainous and an ever-expanding urban area that su ers from acute air pollution and heat waves episodes. Recent records of air pollutants also show increased trends with some low-frequency variability caused by chaotic atmospheric motions. Moreover, the wind speed has also decreased as a result of the aerodynamic surface roughness increase and probably the decrease in the passage of cyclones over the mid-latitudes according to the recent ndings. Mixed-layer height over the city, due to higher-surface heat fluxes (mainly due to the reduction in surface albedo, anthropogenic heat, and lower green spaces), is expected to increase; although it is favorable for reduction in some air pollutants such as CO, it is not eligible for ozone. Finally, an integrated framework for actions regarding impacts, emissions, urban climate change, and monitoring including adaptation and mitigation towards a climate-change resilient city is proposed.
Keywords
Climate record
air pollution
Resilient city
Urban Area
Tehran
Scientia Iranica
Volume 23, Issue 6 - Serial Number 6
Transactions on Civil Engineering (A)
November and December 2016
Pages 1994-2004

  • Receive Date 05 November 2016
  • Accept Date 09 July 2017