Simulation of Near-Surface Air Temperature Reduction by Cool Roofs in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area Considering Spatial Distributions of Urban Morphology and Rooftop Albedo

Masataka Ariga

Presentation information

[E] Oral

M (Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary) » M-IS Intersection

[M-IS13] Regional and global urban climate processes across multi-temporal scales

Fri. May 29, 2026 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM 106 (International Conference Hall, Makuhari Messe)

Chairperson:Varquez Galang Alvin Christopher(Institute of Science Tokyo), Li Dan(Boston University), Kusaka Hiroyuki(University of Tsukuba), Ito Rui(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

[MIS13-06] Simulation of Near-Surface Air Temperature Reduction by Cool Roofs in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area Considering Spatial Distributions of Urban Morphology and Rooftop Albedo

*Masataka Ariga¹, Makoto Nakayoshi¹, Yuya Takane², Shiho Onomura³, Benjamin Crawford⁴ (1. Tokyo University of Science, 2. National Institute for Environmental Studies, 3. Tokyo City University, 4. University of Colorado Denver)

Keywords:Cool Roof, albedo, urban heat island, mesoscale simulation, WRF