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Use of Local Climate Zones to investigate surface urban heat islands in Texas
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In this paper, the concept of Local Climate Zones (LCZs) was introduced to compare urban heat islands (UHIs) in urban climate studies, and a systematic criteria for UHI comparisons were lacking prior to 2012.Abstract:
Urban heat islands (UHIs) are a key topic in urban climate studies. However, systematic criteria for UHI comparisons were lacking prior to 2012, when the concept of Local Climate Zones (LCZs) was i...read more
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Study of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) Using Remote Sensing Data/Techniques: A Systematic Review
TL;DR: In this article, a systematic review of publications in Scopus and Web of Science (WOS) on UHI analysis using Remote Sensing (RS) data/techniques using thermal sensors onboard satellites, drones, or aircraft, allow for the estimation of Land Surface Temperature (LST).
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Quantifying diurnal and seasonal variation of surface urban heat island intensity and its associated determinants across different climatic zones over Indian cities
Pir Mohammad,Ajanta Goswami +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the surface urban heat island (SUHI) is a major anthropogenic alteration of Earth's surface and can influence the local thermal environment by altering the surface energy flux balances.
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The Diversified Impacts of Urban Morphology on Land Surface Temperature among Urban Functional Zones.
TL;DR: In this paper, the spatial heterogeneity in the relationship between landscape composition, urban morphology, urban functions, and land surface temperature (LST) was explored in UFZs.
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Contributions of sea–land breeze and local climate zones to daytime and nighttime heat island intensity
TL;DR: In this article , the authors used Shenzhen as a case study to examine the daytime and nighttime differences in UHI intensity (UHII), considering different local climate zones (LCZs) and sea-land breezes.
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Land degradation and metropolitan expansion in a peri-urban environment
Vito Imbrenda,Giovanni Quaranta,Rosanna Salvia,Gianluca Egidi,Luca Salvati,Marcela Prokopová,Rosa Coluzzi,Maria Lanfredi +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the couple rapid urbanization and policy failure in controlling urban expansion was sometimes associated to soil and land degradation phenomena in both developing and developed countries, in both developed and developing countries.
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Local Climate Zones for Urban Temperature Studies
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Estimation of land surface temperature-vegetation abundance relationship for urban heat island studies
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The Urban Climate
TL;DR: The Urban Climate aims to summarize analytical studies directed toward physical understanding of the rural-urban differences in the atmospheric boundary layer as discussed by the authors, and provides an assessment of the urban atmosphere on a synoptic and local scale.