Sentences with phrase «discussing urban heat»

A few papers came up discussing urban heat islands in the summer.

So, the chapter authors included a very brief section discussing urban heat islands.

And, in case the FAQ3.1 isn't good enough for you (and I completely understand if it isn't), here's a quote from IPCC AR4 WG1 chapter 3, section 3.2.2.2, page 243 where the report discusses the urban heat island effect specifically:

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Future topics that will be discussed include: climate sensitivity, sea level rise, urban heat island - effects, the value of comprehensive climate models, ocean heat storage, and the warming trend over the past few decades.

This is slightly different from the more often discussed «Urban Heat Island» effect which is a function of the wider area (and so could be present even in a perfectly set up urban statUrban Heat Island» effect which is a function of the wider area (and so could be present even in a perfectly set up urban staturban station).

Likewise, they prefer to debate urban heat island effects rather than to discuss the rising temperature trends, other clear signs of rising temperatures, the positive feedbacks which are beginning to kick in so that climate change will take on a life of its own independently of what we do in the future if changes are not made now (# 111, «Storm World» post, comment # 141) and what such climate change will imply for humanity as a whole (Curve manipulation, comment # 74, A Saturated Gassy Argument, comment # 116).

In addition to the energy crops discussed in Chapter 2, these include forest industry byproducts, sugar industry byproducts, urban waste, livestock waste, plantations of fast - growing trees, crop residues, and urban tree and yard wastes — all of which can be used for electrical generation, heating, or the production of automotive fuels.

The uncertainty in the European averaged temperature due to effects like the Urban heat Island effect is discussed by Chrysanthou et al. (2014).

series discusses the Heat Island effect, what it means to people living in urban areas and how it can be mitigated.

Regional Vice President for South Asia Isabel Guerrero discusses how an expected 2 °C rise in the world's average temperatures in the next decades threatens South Asia's dense urban populations with extreme heat, flooding, and disease and could trap millions of people in poverty.

However, the paper in question is Dole et al. (2011), which contained some serious flaws, failing to account for a glitch in the Moscow July station temperature data, which saw an urban heat island correction erroneously applied, as discussed in detail by Stefan Rahmstorf at RealClimate.

The IPCC report also discusses the influences of urban heat islands and land use effects here and here, for example.

Those acquainted with current controversies around the measurement of global temperature may be amused, surprised or even angered to learn that Callendar discussed, and compensated for, what is now known as the «urban heat island effect»:

And we haven't even begun discussing the «urban heat island» effect that parking lots contribute to, which can raise temperatures by 2 to 3 degrees Celsius, according to Indiana state climatologist Dev Niyogi.