NASA - Satellites Pinpoint Drivers of Urban Heat Islands in the Northeast
seemingly fact-free AGU fluff piece video on the NASA web page
a familiar shape for UHI
my question is......why do most UHI adjustments actually add to the trend rather than subtract, as would be reasonable?
Cities such as New York, Philadelphia, and Boston are prominent centers of political power. Less known: Their size, background ecology, and development patterns also combine to make them unusually warm, according to NASA scientists who presented new research recently at an American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in San Francisco, Calif.
Summer land surface temperature of cities in the Northeast were an average of 7 °C to 9 °C (13°F to 16 °F) warmer than surrounding rural areas over a three year period, the new research shows. The complex phenomenon that drives up temperatures is called the urban heat island effect.
seemingly fact-free AGU fluff piece video on the NASA web page
a familiar shape for UHI
my question is......why do most UHI adjustments actually add to the trend rather than subtract, as would be reasonable?