Scale-dependent interactions between tree canopy cover and impervious surfaces reduce daytime urban heat during summer

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 116, Issue 15, 2019, Pages 7575-7580

  Ziter, Carly D ^a,c   Pedersen, Eric J ^b   Kucharik, Christopher J ^a   Turner, Monica G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Ecosystem services; Landscape context; Urban forest; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CANOPY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHY; HEAT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; PLANTING DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN HEAT;

EID: 85064134529     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1817561116     Document Type: Article

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