A climate‐sensitive tropical urbanism under extreme heat†
Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, EarlyView.Tropical urban dwellers face twin climate challenges that impinge on their quality of life: climate overheating and the urban heat island (UHI). The latter superimposed on the former to lead to high levels of thermal discomfort, carbon and energy consequences.
Rohinton Emmanuel
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SPATIAL VARIATION OF URBAN HEAT ISLAND INTENSITY IN URBAN CITIES USING MODIS SATELLITE DATA [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2019 Urban Heat Island (UHI) refers to the occurrence of higher temperatures in urban areas than the neighbouring rural areas. The neighbouring land cover also has some influence on the urban temperatures.
R. Bala +3 more
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Ecohydrologic Processes Modify Urban Rainfall Intensification in Land‐Atmosphere Simulations
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 14, 28 July 2026.Abstract Ecohydrologic processes influence urban water and energy cycles including convective rainfall. Coupled land‐atmosphere models, however, lack fine‐scale representation of urban ecohydrology processes. This study integrates these processes into ensemble land‐atmosphere simulations to assess changes in convective rainfall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
G. Aaron Alexander +3 more
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Significant Climatic Warming (1950–2013) in the Spanish Mediterranean: Natural Trend or Urban Heat Island (UHI) [PDF]
, 2016 This investigation completes the line of work on the thermal evolution of the Mediterranean region (Murcia and Valencia regions) in the National Plan on Climate Change.
Montón Chiva, Enrique +3 more
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Spatiotemporal Variation of Summertime Urban Heat Island (UHI) and Its Correlation with Particulate Matter (PM2.5) over Metropolitan Cities in Alabama [PDF]
, 2023 More than half of the global population lives in urban areas, which can cause the phenomenon known as Urban Heat Island (UHI). UHI is a phenomenon where urban areas experience higher temperatures compared to their rural surroundings.
Gamal El Afandi, Hossam Ismael
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ASSESSING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS TO THE MAGNITUDE OF URBAN HEAT ISLAND (UHI)
Analele Universităţii din Oradea, Seria Geografie, 2019 An assessment of the relationship of UHI Intensity with wind speed, cloud cover and relative humidity was carried out in the city of Ibadan, Nigeria. Data on wind speed, relative humidity, cloud cover, minimum, maximum and mean temperature were sourced from six weather stations from 1993-2012.
Babatunde Wasiu ANIBABA +2 more
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Unlocking Urban Climate Change Analysis in Global Kilometer‐Scale Climate Simulations
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 13, 16 July 2026.Abstract Coupled multi‐decadal global km‐scale simulations completed in recent years open new perspectives in the investigation and understanding of urban climate change. This study introduces a generic method for extracting urban areas and their rural references worldwide and validates it on hourly timescales with remote‐sensing observations of land ...
Xabier Pedruzo‐Bagazgoitia +5 more
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The relationship of localized rainfall versus urban heat island (UHI) parameters and air pollution [PDF]
, 2012 As Malaysia advancing to a developed nation in 2020 and beyond, more people would live in urban than in the rural areas. In recent years, localized rainfall; high air pollution, temperature, and humidity; and uneven rain distribution occur in Malaysia ...
Zainal Abidin, Roseli +3 more
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The Urban Heat Island (UHI) is a major source of uncertainty in projections of population-weighted surface temperature under climate change. [PDF]
, 2019 Rising global mean temperatures and an increase in the fraction of the population living in urban areas is leading to a number of grand challenges. Contrasting area-weighted and population-weighted trends in an ensemble of CMIP5 climate model simulations
Peter Sherman, Alexander Archibald
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 7, July 2026.ABSTRACT Urbanisation and urban heat frequently co‐occur, and climate change is expected to amplify these effects, yet their consequences for population dynamics and life‐history traits remain unclear. Using the common woodlouse Armadillidium vulgare, a widespread decomposer and urban indicator species, we combined fine‐scale field surveys with ...
Axel Jame +13 more
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