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On Implementing an Albedo Solution with Urban Heat Islands Global Warming and Cooling Estimates

Authors: Alec Feinberg

Solar geoengineering is vital in global warming as results can reverse trends and reduce the probability of a tipping point. As well, the pace and depth of implementing the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) solution is tenuous. This paper focuses on the implementation of a surface solar geoengineering solution to global warming. Although an albedo solution is reasonably practical, work in this area appears stagnant and even implementing Urban Heat Island (UHI) cool roofs on a global level has not yet been widely adopted. Often, to the contrary, urbanization and road construction selection of high solar-absorbing materials continues to be the norm. The solar solution is incorrectly overlooked by comparison to GHG mitigation. This paper provides basic modeling and motivation in our UHI assessments by illustrating the potential impact for reverse forcing. We provide insights into “Earthly components” that can be utilized to increase the opportunity for reducing climate change. Modeling shows that by solar geoengineering hotspots such as UHIs, the effective area could be roughly 11 times smaller than nominal non-hotspot regions in influencing global warming. Indications suggest the corrective action area sizes are of the order of UHI coverage. The versatile model presented, also shows significant global warming estimates due to UHIs and their coverage.

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[v1] 2020-05-30 17:54:02
[v2] 2020-05-31 15:07:13
[v3] 2020-06-07 20:15:37
[v4] 2020-08-23 11:49:24

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