Two decades of nighttime surface urban heat island intensity analysis over nine major populated cities of India and implications for heat stress
Warmer global climate and urban heat islands (UHIs) interact, by exacerbating heatwaves and increasing the extreme heat days in cities. The implications of added heat stress in urban environments due to intensifying surface UHIs (SUHIs) is of utmost concern. Seasonal, annual and decadal nighttime SU...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-02-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Sustainable Cities |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frsc.2023.1084573/full |