Analyses of nocturnal temperature cooling-rate response to historical local-scale urban land-use/land cover change

• Main Authors: CHOW, Winston T. L., SVOMA, Bohumil M.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Environmental Sciences; Urban Studies and Planning
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3065; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4322/viewcontent/jamc_d_10_05014.1.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Urbanization affects near-surface climates by increasing city temperatures relative to rural temperatures [i.e., the urban heat island (UHI) effect]. This effect is usually measured as the relative temperature difference between urban areas and a rural location. Use of this measure is potentially pr...