Evaluation of albedo enhancement to mitigate impacts of urban heat island in Rome (Italy) using WRF meteorological model

This study demonstrates that a more accurate parametrization of the urban morphology leads to a more accurate representation of UHI phenomenon. The simulation results show that albedo increase leads to the decrease of the 2-m air temperature at day-time and at night-time. Albedo increase offers very promising results in terms of UHI mitigation, reducing the temperature in the urban area by up to 4 °C at daytime and a little increased (up to 1 °C) in some locations at night time, compared to the control cases.