The Impact of Energy Consumption on the Surface Urban Heat Island in China’s 32 Major Cities

Supported by the rapid economic development in the last few decades, China has become the largest energy consumer in the world. Alongside this, the effect of the anthropogenic heat released from energy consumption is increasingly apparent. We quantified the daytime and nighttime surface urban heat i...

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Main Authors: Weilin Liao, Xiaoping Liu, Dagang Wang, Yanling Sheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-03-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/3/250