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Spatial Distribution of Land Surface Temperatures in Kuwait: Urban Heat and Cool Islands
The global rise of urbanization has led to the formation of surface urban heat islands and surface urban cool islands. Urban heat islands have been shown to increase thermal discomfort, which increases heat stress and heat-related diseases. In Kuwait, a hyper-arid desert climate, most of the populat...
Autores principales: | Alahmad, Barrak, Tomasso, Linda Powers, Al-Hemoud, Ali, James, Peter, Koutrakis, Petros |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7246769/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32357399 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17092993 |
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