Soil surface temperatures reveal moderation of the urban heat island effect by trees and shrubs

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Edmondson, J L ^a   Stott, I ^b   Davies, Z G ^c   Gaston, K J ^d   Leake, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT; HUMAN; MICROCLIMATE; NONHUMAN; SHRUB; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION; WINTER; CITY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEASON; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TREE;

CITIES; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; SEASONS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

EID: 84988528688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep33708     Document Type: Article

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