Key points are not available for this paper at this time.
The effect of urban development on local thermal climate is widely documented in scientific literature. Observations of urban–rural air temperature differences—or urban heat islands (UHIs)—have been reported for cities and regions worldwide, often with local field sites that are extremely diverse in their physical and climatological characteristics. These sites are usually described only as “urban” or “rural,” leaving much uncertainty about the actual exposure and land cover of the sites. To address the inadequacies of urban–rural description, the “local climate zone” (LCZ) classification system has been developed. The LCZ system comprises 17 zone types at the local scale (102 to 104 m). Each type is unique in its combination of surface structure, cover, and human activity. Classification of sites into appropriate LCZs requires basic metadata and surface characterization. The zone definitions provide a standard framework for reporting and comparing field sites and their temperature observations. The LCZ system is designed primarily for urban heat island researchers, but it has derivative uses for city planners, landscape ecologists, and global climate change investigators.
Building similarity graph...
Analyzing shared references across papers
Loading...
Iain D. Stewart
T. R. Oke
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
University of British Columbia
Building similarity graph...
Analyzing shared references across papers
Loading...
Stewart et al. (Fri,) studied this question.
www.synapsesocial.com/papers/6984db6f2740e1358a04177c — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-11-00019.1
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: