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标题：Observed urban heat island characteristics in Akure, Nigeria
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作者：Ifeoluwa A. Balogun ; Ahmed A. Balogun ; Zachariah D. Adeyewa 等
期刊名称：African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
电子版ISSN：1996-0786
出版年度：2012
卷号：6
期号：1
页码：1-8
DOI：10.5897/AJEST11.084
语种：English
出版社：Academic Journals
摘要：A climatological analysis of the differences in air temperature between rural and urban areas (ΔTu-r) corroborates the existence of an urban heat island (UHI) in Akure (7º 25’ N, 5º 20’ E), a tropical city in the south western part of Nigeria. The investigations which have been conducted out of a year-long experiment from fixed point observations focuses on the description of the climatology of urban canopy heat island in the Akure and the analysis of the results were presented. The results show that the nocturnal heat island was more frequent than the daytime heat island as it exists from less intense to higher intensity categories throughout the study period. Nocturnal heat Island intensity was observed to be stronger during the dry season. Although of lower intensity, daytime heat Island exists throughout the day except for few hours in the months of November and December that exhibits a reverse thermal contrast. The daytime heat island is observed to be intense in the wet months than the dry months, which may be caused by the evaporative cooling of wet surfaces. On the average, the urban/ rural thermal differences are positive, varying from 4°C at nocturnal hours during dry months to an approximate of 2°C around noon during wet months. This paper explain the aspects of heat islands and their relation to other causative agents such as the sky view factor (SVF) and also discusses its potential impact on energy demand.
关键词：Urban heat island; sky view factor; energy demand