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urban heat island: a standalone construct

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the higher temperature of a city compared with its rural surroundings.

In climatology, urban heat island refers to the higher temperature of a city compared with its rural surroundings. This meaning comes from Oke (1982) in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.[1]

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  1. Oke, T. R. (1982). The energetic basis of the urban heat island. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 108(455), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.49710845502

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