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RISDeveloping an Index to Measure Urban Heat Island Effect Using Satellite Land Skin Temperature and Land Cover Observations
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: new index of calculating the intensity of urban heat island effects (UHI) for a city using satellite skin temperature and land cover observations is recommended. UHI, the temperature difference between urban and rural ...
The Influences of Urban Building Complexes on the Ambient Flows over the Washington–Reston Region
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractThis paper examines the collective impacts of urban building complexes on the planetary boundary layer (PBL) winds using both observations and a mesoscale model. Horizontal winds measured on the rooftops of federal ...