The 24-h unsteady analysis of air flow and temperature in a real city by high-speed radiation calculation method

Heat island phenomenon is an important issue in environmental studies. Many studies involving observations and simulations have been performed. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis including the effects of solar radiation and longwave radiation heating/cooling are limited in the extreme conditions at midday, when solar radiation intensity are at maximum; and the 24-h unsteady analyses are not done due to the difficulties of the boundary conditions. Authors developed Computer Graphics (CG) method for calculating solar radiation and longwave radiation with high speed, and developed the 24-h unsteady analytical method from the data calculated by Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF). The integrated CFD was applied to the real city. The results showed that the integrated CFD was the useful tool to analyze the heat island phenomena.