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Only in the Heat of the Moment? A Study of the Relationship between Weather and Mortality in Germany [PDF]
In this study we analyze the relationship between heat events and mortality in Germany. The main research questions are: Does heat lead to rising mortality and if yes, are the effects persistent or compensated for in the near future?
Karlsson, Martin, Schmitt, Maike
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Scoping Review of Paddy Field Dam Studies in Japan
Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Paddy field dams are one of the nature‐based solutions provided by farmers in Japan for mitigating flood damage. This scoping review analysed 38 papers in the Web of Science Core Collection and J‐STAGE obtained by searching for keywords associated with paddy field dams.
Ryo Murata +5 more
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Urban heat island monitoring and intelligent prediction method based on big data analysis
Sustainable Energy ResearchFrequent extreme heat events in urban areas have brought growing public attention to the urban heat island effect. However, traditional monitoring techniques are unable to handle high-dimensional data, which limits their application in real-world ...
Lin Wang
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Geocarto International, 2009 Among the most modified environments on the Earth's surfaces are the places where humans have congregated and built cities. Over 60% of the world's population now resides in urban centres. Because of their densely settled conditions, urban areas are generally warmer than their surrounding rural environments, resulting in what are referred to as urban ...
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URBAN HEAT ISLAND AEROSPACE STUDIES [PDF]
Proceedings of the International conference “InterCarto/InterGIS”, 2013 Modern cities are characterized by special urban landscape and special urban climate. Urban heat island is a phenomenon closely associated with urban territories. There are many methods developed for studying urban heat island, they can be combined into two groups: imagery-based methods and physicomathematical methods.
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Mapping the London heat island [PDF]
, 2005 London has the largest heat island in the UK and there is considerable interest in determining its characteristics so that strategic planning can be properly informed.
Watkins, Richard
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Extended Kelvin–Voigt Model for Simulating Thermally Accelerated Creep in Fine‐Grained Soils
International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The subsurface undergoes temperature variations in many situations due to anthropogenic and natural causes, which strongly influence the long‐term behavior of soils. These phenomena can involve temperature anomalies in the ground across distances of a few meters, as in the case of nuclear waste repositories, to distances encompassing entire ...
Giulia Capati +2 more
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Mapping Manchester's urban heat island
Weather, 2010 An urban heat island (UHI) is a phenomenon whereby urban areas experience elevated temperatures relative to the surrounding rural hinterland. This thermal contrast is brought about by anthropogenic modification of the environment. For example, there is little bare earth and vegetation in urban areas.
Knight, S, Smith, C, Roberts, M
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Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Understanding community assembly for wild species in anthropogenic settings has become increasingly important as biodiversity and ecosystem services are threatened by development pressures. Urban hardscape habitats such as parking lots are widespread, extreme, terrestrial anthropogenic environments that influence plant community assembly by way of ...
Lauren J. Frazee +3 more
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Urban heat wave hazard and risk assessment
Results in Physics, 2017 Heat waves are one of the largest causes of environmentally-related deaths globally. The intensification of the effects of heat waves by the urban heat island during extended periods of extreme heat, combined with urban demographics, are key elements ...
Gary Jedlovec +2 more
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