Urban irrigation reduces moist heat stress in Beijing, China

Abstract Although urban irrigation can modulate local hydrothermal conditions and mitigate urban heat island effects, its impact on moist heat stress (MHS) is poorly understood. Employing the Weather Research and Forecasting Single-Layer Urban Canopy Model (WRF-SLUCM), we evaluated the effect of urb...

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Main Authors: Shuai Sun, Qiang Zhang, Chunxiang Shi, Vijay P. Singh, Tao Zhang, Junxia Gu, Gang Wang, Wenhuan Wu, Donghui Chen, Jianmei Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-02-01
Series:npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-024-00585-6