Anthropogenic and natural drivers of a strong winter urban heat island in a typical Arctic city

Varentsov, Mikhail; Konstantinov, Pavel; Baklanov, Alexander; Esau, Igor; Miles, Victoria; Davy, Richard

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-17573-2018

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12 Dec 2018

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| 12 Dec 2018

Anthropogenic and natural drivers of a strong winter urban heat island in a typical Arctic city

Mikhail Varentsov, Pavel Konstantinov, Alexander Baklanov, Igor Esau, Victoria Miles, and Richard Davy

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RC1: 'Interactive comment to "Anthropogenic and natural drivers of a strong winter urban heat island in a typical Arctic city" by Mikhail Varentsov et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Oct 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee No. 2', Mikhail Varentsov, 24 Oct 2018
RC2: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #3, 14 Nov 2018
AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee No. 2 (update after the end of public discussion)', Mikhail Varentsov, 19 Nov 2018
- AC3: 'Response to Anonymous Referee No. 3', Mikhail Varentsov, 19 Nov 2018

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This study reports on the urban heat island (UHI) in a typical Arctic city in winter. Using in situ observations, remote sensing data and modeling, we show that the urban temperature anomaly reaches up to 11 K with a mean value of 1.9 K. At least 50 % of this anomaly is caused by the UHI effect, driven mostly by heating. The rest is created by natural microclimatic variability over the hilly terrain. This is a strong argument in support of energy efficiency measures in the Arctic cities.