Surface Heat Island in Shanghai and Its Relationship with Urban Development from 1989 to 2013

The continuous expansion of impervious artificial surfaces in cities has significantly influenced the urban thermal environment. This paper examines the spatiotemporal variation of the diurnal surface urban heat island (SUHI) in Shanghai from 1989 to 2013, a period during which the city has experien...

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Main Authors: Liang Chen, Rong Jiang, Wei-Ning Xiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Advances in Meteorology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9782686
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