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1. Strong contributions of local background climate to urban heat islands

   Lei Zhao, Xuhui Lee, Ronald B. Smith, et al. · 2014 · Nature · 1,558 cites

2. Surface Urban Heat Island Across 419 Global Big Cities

   Shushi Peng, Shilong Piao, Philippe Ciais, et al. · 2011 · Environmental Science & Technology · 1,430 cites

   Urban heat island is among the most evident aspects of human impacts on the earth system. Here we assess the diurnal and seasonal variation of surface urban heat island intensity (SUHII) defined as the surface temperature difference between urban area and suburban area measured from the MODIS. Differences in SUHII are analyzed across 419 global big cities, and we assess several potential biophysical and socio-economic driving factors. Across the big cities, we show that the average annual daytime SUHII (1.5 ± 1.2 °C) is higher than the annual nighttime SUHII (1.1 ± 0.5 °C) (P < 0.001). But no correlation is found between daytime and nighttime SUHII across big cities (P = 0.84), suggesting di

3. Utilising green and bluespace to mitigate urban heat island intensity

   Kanchane Gunawardena, M.J. Wells, Tristan Kershaw · 2017 · The Science of The Total Environment · 1,416 cites

   It has long been recognised that cities exhibit their own microclimate and are typically warmer than the surrounding rural areas. This 'mesoscale' influence is known as the urban heat island (UHI) effect and results largely from modification of surface properties leading to greater absorption of solar radiation, reduced convective cooling and lower water evaporation rates. Cities typically contain less vegetation and bodies of water than rural areas, and existing green and bluespace is often under threat from increasing population densities. This paper presents a meta-analysis of the key ways in which green and bluespace affect both urban canopy- and boundary-layer temperatures, examined fro

4. Magnitude of urban heat islands largely explained by climate and population

   Gabriele Manoli, Simone Fatichi, Markus Schläpfer, et al. · 2019 · Nature · 1,215 cites

5. The urban heat island effect, its causes, and mitigation, with reference to the thermal properties of asphalt concrete.

   A. Mohajerani, Jason Bakaric, Tristan Jeffrey-Bailey · 2017 · Journal of environmental management · 1,151 cites

6. Using advanced cool materials in the urban built environment to mitigate heat islands and improve thermal comfort conditions

   M. Santamouris, Afroditi Synnefa, Theoni Karlessi · 2011 · Solar Energy · 962 cites

7. Surface urban heat island in China's 32 major cities: Spatial patterns and drivers

   Decheng Zhou, Shuqing Zhao, Shuguang Liu, et al. · 2014 · Remote Sensing of Environment · 938 cites

8. Synergistic Interactions between Urban Heat Islands and Heat Waves: The Impact in Cities Is Larger than the Sum of Its Parts

   Dan Li, Elie Bou‐Zeid · 2013 · Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology · 899 cites

   Abstract Cities are well known to be hotter than the rural areas that surround them; this phenomenon is called the urban heat island. Heat waves are excessively hot periods during which the air temperatures of both urban and rural areas increase significantly. However, whether urban and rural temperatures respond in the same way to heat waves remains a critical unanswered question. In this study, a combination of observational and modeling analyses indicates synergies between urban heat islands and heat waves. That is, not only do heat waves increase the ambient temperatures, but they also intensify the difference between urban and rural temperatures. As a result, the added heat stress in ci