Persistent cloud cover over mega-cities linked to surface heat release [PDF]
, 2019 Urban areas are a hotspot for the interactions between the built environment, its inhabitants, and weather. Unlike the impact of temperatures through the well-known urban heat island effect, urban effects on cloud formation remain unknown.
Barlow, Janet F. +4 more
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Spatio-temporal development of the urban heat island in a socioeconomically diverse tropical city
bioRxiv, 2022 Urban heat islands, where temperatures are elevated relative to non-urban surrounds, are near-ubiquitous in cities globally. Yet, the magnitude and form of urban heat islands in the tropics, where heat has a large morbidity and mortality burden, is less ...
Emma E. Ramsay +6 more
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The impact of urbanisation on social behaviour: a comprehensive review
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Urbanisation is a key driver of global environmental change and presents animals with novel stressors and challenges. It can fundamentally influence social behaviour and has the potential to reshape within‐ and between‐species social interactions. Given the role of social behaviour in reproductive fitness and survival, understanding how social
Avery L. Maune +2 more
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METHODS TO DETECT ATMOSPHERIC AND SURFACE HEAT ISLANDS IN URBAN AREAS [PDF]
Riscuri şi Catastrofe, 2015 Intensification of the urbanization process and its associated climatic effects is nowadays a major problem of large cities worldwide. One of these climatic effects is the urban heat island (UHI), that implies increased air and surface temperature values
I. HERBEL +3 more
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Application of Optimized Sensible Heat Flux Calculation Combining Low-Pass Filtering and Wavelet Transform in the Study of Urban Thermal Environment in Jiangsu Province [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesThe urban heat island effect is a common phenomenon during urbanization, characterized by significantly higher temperatures in urban areas compared to surrounding rural areas.
Du Diwei
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Urban heat islands and their effects on thermal comfort in the US: New York and New Jersey
Ecological Indicators, 2023 In recent decades, urbanization and the dramatic increase in urban populations have exacerbated the urban heat island effect. At present, much attention has been paid to the causes and patterns of the urban heat island effect.
Zhengtong Yin +4 more
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Characterization of Urban Heat and Exacerbation: Development of a Heat Island Index for California
, 2017 To further evaluate the factors influencing public heat and air-quality health, a characterization of how urban areas affect the thermal environment, particularly in terms of the air temperature, is necessary.
H. Taha
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Study of the urban heat island in Alicante [PDF]
, 2014 El fenómeno de isla de calor es tema actual y de gran trascendencia dentro de los estudios de clima urbano. A pesar de ello y de su tamaño poblacional, la ciudad de Alicante todavía no ha sido objeto de una investigación a fondo sobre dicha anomalía ...
Martínez Martínez, Jorge
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The impacts of biological invasions
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock +42 more
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How to convert urban energy balance into contributions to urban excess temperatures?
MethodsX, 2019 A new approach partitioning the urban heat island intensity (ΔT) into its contributing processes is developed for the neighbourhood scale. The method transforms individual terms of the energy balance (radiation, evapotranspiration, heat storage, and ...
Daniel Hertel, Uwe Schlink
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