Urban heat island - Open Access .click

2023
Urban climates have existed ever since the first human settlements altered the natural environment thousands of years ago. During the first century ce, Pliny the Elder recorded anecdotal accounts about the differences between the air in ancient Rome and the air in rural surroundings.
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Urban Heat Islands

2014
As global warming continues, we are facing another significant issue: the temperature increases during summer in urban areas due to a factor other than global warming. The urban heat island (UHI) is a phenomenon that occurs when the temperature in an urban area becomes higher than that in a suburban area. Moreover, as urbanization advances year by year,
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The urban heat island in Nanjing

Quaternary International, 2009
Abstract By using air temperature data of four meteorological stations from 1961 to 2005, the urban heat island (UHI) effect of Nanjing was comprehensively investigated. The conclusion can be drawn as follows: In general, the UHI intensity of Nanjing is about 0.5 °C, with a high-value intensity found when the lowest temperature appears during the ...
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