Urban heat islands in China enhanced by haze pollution

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Cao, Chang ^a,b   Lee, Xuhui ^a,b   Liu, Shoudong ^a   Schultz, Natalie ^b   Xiao, Wei ^a,b   Zhang, Mi ^a   Zhao, Lei ^a,b,c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOPHYSICS; HAZE; HEAT ISLAND; HIGH TEMPERATURE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; CALCULATION; CHINA; HAZE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; MODEL; RADIATIVE FORCING; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; CITY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HEAT; PROCEDURES; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; CITIES; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HOT TEMPERATURE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84984600776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12509     Document Type: Article

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