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Suggestions For the Parametrization of Urban Characteristics to
Increase the Climate Resilience of Cities in Türkiye

6 Pressure (millibars) X X X X
Vapor pressure (milli-
7 X X X X
bars)
8 Cloudiness (oktas) X
Amount of precipitation
9 X X X X X
mm/m 2
10 Sunshine duration (h) X X X
Insolation intensity (W/
11 m ) 2 X X X X
Total and diffuse radi-
12 ation X X X X
13 Snow height (cm) X X X X
Number of snow-cov-
14 X X X X
ered days
15 Number of snowy days X X X X
16 Number of rainy days X X X X
Number of Clear,
Cloudy and Overcast
17 days X X X X
Since performance and monitoring of meteorological measurements in
cities and comparing them with urban sections and rural areas is the subject
of another study, it is not mentioned in detail here.

5. Discussion and conclusion

In the urban environment;
1. Due to the canyon geometry created by the high-rise construction,
the width and type of surface to be heated by the sunlight (as short
and long wave radiation) is greater than in natural areas, and heat
transport by horizontal air movement (advection) is less (Arnfield
2003; Pattacini 2012).
2. The structure and thermal properties of the materials that form urban
surfaces have a greater capacity to retain and transfer heat from the
sun, resulting in more warming (US EPA 2017).
3. Human activities that require the burning of fossil fuels result in the
release of pollutant gases (mainly greenhouse gases) and particulates
into the atmosphere, which traps more longwave solar radiation and
causes additional warming (Sun et al., 2022).

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