On the influence of density and morphology on the Urban Heat Island intensity

Yunfei Li; Sebastian Schubert; Jürgen P. Kropp; Diego Rybski

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16461-9

Nature Communications (May 2020)

On the influence of density and morphology on the Urban Heat Island intensity

Yunfei Li,
Sebastian Schubert,
Jürgen P. Kropp,
Diego Rybski

Affiliations

Yunfei Li: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research – PIK, Member of Leibniz Association
Sebastian Schubert: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research – PIK, Member of Leibniz Association
Jürgen P. Kropp: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research – PIK, Member of Leibniz Association
Diego Rybski: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research – PIK, Member of Leibniz Association

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16461-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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How UHI intensity responds to variations of urban structure is unclear. Here the authors proposed a reduced form approach that is able to estimate UHI intensities based only on the number and location of urban sites as well as their distance.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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