Magnitude of urban heat islands largely explained by climate and population

Gabriele Manoli; Simone Fatichi; Markus Schläpfer; Kailiang Yu; Thomas W. Crowther; Naika Meili; Paolo Burlando; Gabriel G. Katul; Elie Bou‐Zeid

doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1512-9

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Urban heat islandEvapotranspirationPrecipitationEnvironmental scienceClimate modelClimatologyPopulationClimate changeUrbanizationGlobal warmingAlbedo (alchemy)MegacityGeographyMeteorologyEcologyGeologyDemography

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Year: 2019
Type: article
Volume: 573
Issue: 7772
Pages: 55-60
Citations: 1042
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                                    Gabriele Manoli, 
                                
                                    Simone Fatichi, 
                                
                                    Markus Schläpfer
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2019). 
                            Magnitude of urban heat islands largely explained by climate and population. 
                            Nature
                            , 573
                            (7772)
                            , 55-60.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1512-9
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1512-9