Spatiotemporal Characteristics of the Surface Urban Heat Island and Its Driving Factors Based on Local Climate Zones and Population in Beijing, China

The increasing degree of urbanization has continuously aggravated the surface urban heat island (sUHI) effect in China. To investigate the correlation between spatiotemporal changes of sUHI and urbanization in Beijing, land surface temperature in summer from 2000 to 2017 and the distribution of loca...

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Main Authors: Yatong Zhang, Delong Li, Laibao Liu, Ze Liang, Jiashu Shen, Feili Wei, Shuangcheng Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
Series:Atmosphere
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/12/10/1271