Estimation and future prediction of subsurface warming in the Kanto plain

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24710040
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Environmental impact assessment/Environmental policy
• Research Institution: Center for Environmental Science in Saitama
• Principal Investigator: HAMAMOTO HIDEKI 埼玉県環境科学国際センター, 土壌・地下水・地盤担当, 専門研究員 (40511978)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 地下温暖化 / 都市ヒートアイランド / 地球温暖化 / 地下水 / 地下温度測定 / 温度検層 / 関東平野

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Global warming and urban heat island effect cause air temperature rise in urban areas. Furthermore, subsurface warming is occurred as well as air temperature in many areas. In this research, we measured some temperature profiles groundwater well in the central part of Kanto Plain. We investigated the distribution of the effect of subsurface warming using measured temperature data and the existing data. In the measurements, we developed new high resolution temperature measurement system for the research. As a result, in the central part of Kanto Plain, the temperature profiles seems to show subsurface warming and subsurface warming seems to be proceeding to wild area in the investigated area.

Free Research Field

地球熱学