Strong contributions of local background climate to the cooling effect of urban green vegetation

Abstract Utilization of urban green vegetation (UGV) has been recognized as a promising option to mitigate urban heat island (UHI) effect. While we still lack understanding of the contributions of local background climate to the cooling effect of UGV. Here we proposed and employed a cooling effect f...

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Main Authors: Zhaowu Yu, Shaobin Xu, Yuhan Zhang, Gertrud Jørgensen, Henrik Vejre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25296-w