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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"surface urban heat island"”.
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On the assessment of surface urban heat island
Inwiefern Städte unter den Megatrends der Urbanisierung und des Klimawandels nachhaltig gestaltet werden können, bleibt umstritten. Dies ist zum Teil auf unzureichende Kenntnisse der Mensch-Umwelt-Interaktionen zurückzuführen. Als die am vollständigsten dokumentierte anthropogene Klimamodifikation …
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Surface Urban Heat Island Effect in Athens: A Comprehensive Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Patterns
Η παρούσα μελέτη εξετάζει πώς εκδηλώνεται η Επιφανειακή Αστική Θερμική Νησίδα (ΕΑΘΝ) στην ευρύτερη μητροπολιτική περιοχή της Αθήνας, εστιάζοντας τόσο στο ακραίο κύμα καύσωνα του Ιουλίου 2023 όσο και στις μακροχρόνιες μεταβολές της LST από το 2000 έως το 2025. Επιλέχθηκαν τέσσερις αστικές ζώνες ώστε …
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Spatial characteristics of the remotely-sensed surface urban heat island in Baton Rouge, LA: 1988-2003
Our understanding of urban effects on local climate remains unsatisfactory due to several difficulties: 1) the inherent complexity of the city-atmosphere system, 2) lack of a clear conceptual theoretical framework for inquiry, and 3) the high expense and enormous difficulties of acquiring a …
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Determining Heat Island Response to Varying Land Cover Changes Between 2004 and 2017 Within the City of Reno, Nevada
… time in influencing spatial variability of the surface urban heat island of the metropolitan area of Reno-Sparks, Nevada. Free and widely available thermal data from Landsat 7 ETM+ (Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus) sensor was gathered for a period between 2004 and 2017 and processed to …
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Evaluating heat mitigation by urban canopy in New York City’s public housing developments
… into the ecosystem services provided by urban canopy that aims to characterize the temperature reduction provided by urban forests and develop process-level understanding of vegetation response to heat waves in order to improve estimates of heat mitigation in the face of extreme heat.</p> …
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Evaluating the impact of the urban heat island on public health: Spatial and social determinants of heat-related mortality in New York City
… of mortality and morbidity due to summertime heat are a significant problem in New York City (NYC) and for many cities around the world, and are expected to increase with a warming climate. An ecologic design was used to evaluate the association between neighborhood scale characteristics …