The urban heat island under extreme heat conditions: a case study of Hannover, Germany [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Global warming has resulted in higher frequencies of climate extremes, such as drought periods or heat waves. Heat waves are intensified in urban areas due to the urban heat island effect.
Nadja Kabisch +3 more
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Urban Heat Island Analysis Using the Landsat TM Data and ASTER Data: A Case Study in Hong Kong
Remote Sensing, 2011 In this paper, the effect of urban heat island is analyzed using the Landsat TM data and ASTER data in 2005 as a case study in Hong Kong. Two algorithms were applied to retrieve the land surface temperature (LST) distribution from the Landsat TM and ...
Lin Liu, Yuanzhi Zhang
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Atmosphere, 2023 The urban heat island effect is a typical feature of urban climates. Problems associated with urban heat islands include an increase in energy consumption and health issues resulting from a reduction in thermal comfort.
Shiyun Cheng, Shuai Li, Feng Qi
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Editorial: Special Issue on Geographical Analysis and Modeling of Urban Heat Island Formation
Remote Sensing, 2023 This Special Issue focuses on the data, methods, techniques, and empirical outcomes of urban heat island studies from a time and space perspective. We showcase research papers, empirical studies, conceptual or analytic reviews, and policy-related tasks ...
Yuji Murayama, Ruci Wang
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SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CHANGE ANALYSIS OF URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT IN WUHAN CITY [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020 China has experienced rapid urbanization and rapid development of economy in the past decades, resulting in severe damage to the urban ecological environment, causing changes in the urban thermal environment and triggering the urban heat island effect ...
M. H. Huang, J. J. Chen
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Analysis and Evaluation of Effective Environmental Indicators in the Heat Island of District 1 of Tehran using (RS) [PDF]
Journal of Renewable Energy and Environment, 2023 One of the environmental problems today is the rising land surface temperature and the formation of heat islands in metropolitan areas, which have arisen due to the unplanned expansion of these cities.
Ali Sayyadi, Mohamad Javad Amiri
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Flow and Pollutant Dispersion Model in a 2D Urban Street Canyons Using Computational Fluid Dynamics [PDF]
Computational Engineering and Physical Modeling, 2018 A two-dimensional model is used to simulate temperature distribution, wind speed and pollutants dispersion within an isolated two-dimensional street canyon using SIMPLE algorithm in ANSYS Fluent version 16.2.
Zahra Jandaghian
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PLoS ONE, 2022 Urban heat islands are major factors hindering the quality of present-day urban habitats. The ongoing acceleration of the worldwide urbanization process is leading to an exacerbation of the urban heat island effect; however, urban forestry can mitigate ...
Yarong Yang +5 more
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A System Dynamics Model to Facilitate the Development of Policy for Urban Heat Island Mitigation
Urban Science, 2021 This article presents a customized system dynamics model to facilitate the informed development of policy for urban heat island mitigation within the context of future climate change, and with special emphasis on the reduction of heat-related mortality ...
Robert Dare
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The combined impact of urban heat island, thermal bridge effect of buildings and future climate change on the potential overwintering of Phlebotomus species in a Central European metropolis [PDF]
, 2014 Leishmaniasis is one of the most important emerging vector-borne diseases in Western Eurasia. Although winter minimum temperatures limit the present geographical distribution of the vector Phlebotomus species, the heat island effect of the cities and the
Beekman, M. +12 more
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