  Urbanization has a large impact on human society. Besides, global warming has
become an increasingly popular topic since global warming will not only play a
significant role in human beings daily life but also have a huge impact on the
global climate. Under the background of global warming, the impacts of
urbanization may have differences, which is the topic this project mainly
discusses. In this study, the monthly air temperature data from 2
meteorological stations in Beijing under the different underlying surface:
urban and suburban for a period of 1960-2014 were analyzed. Besides, two years,
1993 and 2010, selected with the different circulation conditions have been
simulated by weather forecasting models. We conducted experiments using the
Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to investigate the impacts of
urbanization under different circulation conditions on the summer temperature
over the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region (BTHR). The results indicate that the
effect of urbanization under low-pressure system is greater than that under
high-pressure system. That is because the difference of total cloud cover
between the urban area and the suburban area is greater under low-pressure
system in 1993. This research will not only increase our understanding of the
effect of urbanization but also provide a scientific basis to enhance the
ability to prevent disasters and reduce damages under the global warming
background.
