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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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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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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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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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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 Energy Model of Urban Heat Island

Atmosphere, 2022
Despite the fact that the presence of a heat island over a city was established quite a long time ago, now there is no versatile algorithm for the determination of the urban heat island intensity.
Nina V. Dudorova, Boris D. Belan
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Spatio-temporal pattern of heat island in Shenzhen and its influencing factors [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
In recent years, with the rapid expansion of global urbanization, large-scale human activities have changed the surface characteristics, which has significantly enhanced the urban heat island effect. Heat islands may lead to heatstroke, increasing health
Hu Zhangyan
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Heat Islands

, 2023
AbstractIn this chapter, you will learn about urban heat islands and how they can be calculated from satellite measurements of thermal radiation from the Earth’s surface.
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Morphological changes in hooded crows (Corvus cornix) related to urbanization

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
IntroductionUrbanization has led to a recent surge of interest in urban biodiversity, and wildlife responses to urban environments have become a hot topic in environmental sciences and biodiversity conservation.
Isma Benmazouz, Jukka Jokimäki, Lajos Juhász, Marja-Liisa Kaisanlahti-Jokimäki, Petra Paládi, Petra Paládi, Gábor Kardos, Szabolcs Lengyel, László Kövér   +8 more
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