Reduction in human activity can enhance the urban heat island: insights from the COVID-19 lockdown

The COVID-19 lockdowns drastically reduced human activity, emulating a controlled experiment on human–land–atmosphere coupling. Here, using a fusion of satellite and reanalysis products, we examine this coupling through changes in the surface energy budget during the lockdown (1 April to 15 May 2020...

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Main Authors: TC Chakraborty, Chandan Sarangi, Xuhui Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2021-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abef8e