Regional analysis of urban heat islands in Argentina
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https://doi.org/10.25260/EA.21.31.1.0.970Keywords:
urban ecology, surface temperature, NDVI, albedo, remote sensingAbstract
Urbanization is one of the most extreme land-use changes and has impacts on climate, water and biodiversity in large areas throughout the planet. In this paper, we quantified the urban heat islands (ICU, acronym in Spanish) and their relation to biophysical parameters of the surface of the earth along the main environmental gradients of Argentina. We analyzed 55 of the largest cities in the country, located in 10 ecoregions, using satellite data (MODIS) of land surface temperature, albedo and vegetation indexes (NDVI) and climatic variables. The average annual ICU in the cities for 2011-2015 was 0.36±1.99 °C for the day and 1.68±0.61 °C for the night. The main drivers of the ICU during the day were rural NDVI, mean precipitation and temperature. At night, the main driver was the difference between urban and rural blue albedo. During the day, some cities behaved like urban cold islands (IFU, acronym in Spanish) associated with arid climates or agricultural contexts, while at night, all cities behaved like ICU. The cooling effect of urban vegetation was identified from the difference between urban and rural NDVI, but no direct negative relationship between ICU and urban NDVI was observed. These results provide new insights on the drivers of the ICU and facilitate the generation of urban development strategies to mitigate the effects of urbanization and to improve the quality of life of urban populations.
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