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Long Island Botanical Society newsletter

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Climatology of Urban Heat/cold Island of Metropolises of Iran [PDF]

جغرافیا و توسعه, 2021
Urban development and industrial activities have led to dramatic changes in the physical characteristics of the land surface, energy balance and, as a result, local climate change in big cities.
moslem torki, abolfazl masoodian, majid montazari   +2 more
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Research on the Planning Method and Strategy of Urban Wind and Heat Environment Optimization—Taking Shenzhen, a Sub-Tropical Megacity in Southern China, as an Example

Atmosphere, 2022
The planning techniques and strategies for optimizing the urban wind and heat environment are important means for cities to adapt to climate change at the source.
Shuo Zhang, Xiaoyi Fang, Chen Cheng, Liuxin Chen, Li Zhang, Ying Yu, Lei Li, Hongyan Luo   +7 more
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COUPLING ANALYSIS OF HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS, VEGETATION COVERAGE AND URBAN FLOOD IN WUHAN [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2018
In this paper, satellite image, remote sensing technique and geographic information system technique are main technical bases. Spectral and other factors comprehensive analysis and visual interpretation are main methods.
Y. Liu, Q. Liu, W. Fan, G. Wang
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Analysis of Urban Heat Island Effect, Heat Stress and Public Health in Colombo, Sri Lanka and Shenzhen, China

Atmosphere, 2023
Human health, energy and comfort are determined by the climate that remains in the physical environment. Regarding urban climate, few studies assess the urban heat island effect, heat stress, and public health as geographical representations.
Srimalee Nanayakkara, Weimin Wang, Jie Cao, Jia Wang, Weiqi Zhou   +4 more
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Monthly changes of night heat islands analysis in Isfahan County in the last two decades using the multi-temporal products of the MODIS sensor [PDF]

علوم محیطی, 2023
Introduction: In recent decades, along with the physical development of cities and population increase due to immigration, heat islands, which are mainly the result of human made activities, have gained significant importance.
Mostafa Tahani Yazdly, Sayyed Mohammad Hosseini, Farahnaz Khoramabadi, Mohammad Mohtaram   +3 more
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London's urban heat island: Impact on current and future energy consumption in office buildings [PDF]

, 2012
This paper presents the results of a computational study on the energy consumption and related CO2 emissions for heating and cooling of an office building within the Urban Heat Island of London, currently and in the future.
Kolokotroni, M, Davies, M, Mavrogianni, A, Ren, X, Davies, M., Mavrogianni, A., Kolokotroni, M., Ren, X.   +7 more
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Infrared-Fused Vision-Based Thermoregulation Performance Estimation for Personal Thermal Comfort-Driven HVAC System Controls

Buildings, 2022
Thermal comfort is one of the primary factors influencing occupant health, well-being, and productivity in buildings. Existing thermal comfort systems require occupants to frequently communicate their comfort vote via a survey which is impractical as a ...
Ali Ghahramani, Qian Xu, Syung Min, Andy Wang, Hui Zhang, Yingdong He, Alexander Merritt, Ronnen Levinson   +7 more
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The relationship between built-up areas and the spatial development of the mean maximum urban heat island in Debrecen, Hungary [PDF]

, 2005
The climate of built-up regions differs significantly from rural regions and the most important modifying effect of urbanization on local climate is the urban temperature excess, otherwise called the urban heat island (UHI).
Bottyán, Zsolt, Unger, János, Bíróné Kircsi, Andrea, Szegedi, Sándor   +3 more
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The diurnal evolution of the urban heat island of Paris: a model-based case study during Summer 2006 [PDF]

, 2013
The urban heat island (UHI) over Paris during summer 2006 was simulated using the Advanced Regional Prediction System (ARPS) updated with a simple urban parametrization at a horizontal resolution of 1 km.
van Lipzig, N. P. M., Wouters, Hendrik, Lauwaet, Dirk, De Ridder, Koen, K. De Ridder, Demuzere, Matthias, Van Lipzig, Nicole, Wouters, H., Lauwaet, D., De Ridder, K., D. Lauwaet, Demuzere, M., H. Wouters, M. Demuzere, N. P. M. van Lipzig   +14 more
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