Strong contributions of local background climate to urban heat islands
Strong contributions of local background climate to urban heat islands
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Climate modelling is used to show that for cities across North America, geographic variations in daytime urban heat islands—that is, the temperature differences between urban and adjacent rural areas—are largely explained by variations in the efficiency with which those areas convect heat to the lower atmosphere.
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Strong contributions of local background climate to urban heat islands
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1546005298
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1546005298
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0028-0836
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1476-4687
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10.1038/nature13462
