Research on the cooling island effects of water body: A case study of Shanghai, China

• Published in: Ecological indicators Vol. 67; pp. 31 - 38
• Main Authors: Du, Hongyu, Song, Xuejun, Jiang, Hong, Kan, Zenghui, Wang, Zhibao, Cai, Yongli
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2016
• Subjects: case studies; China; cooling; Gtemp; heat island; lakes; Land surface temperature; Lmax; LSI; LST; remote sensing; rivers; RTE; surface water; temperature; UCI; UHI; Urban heat island; vegetation; Water body; Water cooling island; WCI; ΔTmax; China; China, People's Rep., Shanghai; China, People's Rep; RTE; LSI; Gtemp; Water cooling island; WA; Land surface temperature; LST; Urban heat island; Water body; UHI; ΔTmax; PG; PI; UCI; WCI; Lmax

The water cooling island (WCI) is important to the mitigation of urban heat island (UHI) effects. In this study, the three aspects: WCI range (Lmax), amplitude of temperature drop (ΔTmax) and temperature gradient (Gtemp) are used to investigate the WCI effects of the water bodies in Shanghai, China...