Urban Heat Island (Introduction)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Friday, June 29, 2012, 18:20 (4508 days ago) @ David Turell

We have had many climate discussions. The Urban Heat Island effect (UHI) is enormous if not taken account of. Most of the observation stations in the US are placed in such a way as to magnify the heatng effect by being at airports for the cities. Here are the Texas results of population growth and heat trends.
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> http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/06/28/the-uhis-of-texas-are-upon-you/#more-66378-The Urban Heat Island idea was debunked in 2010.- http://www.desmogblog.com/urban-heat-island-myth-dead/-According to the paper referenced there, there was a bias, but counterintuitively, to those NOT located in "heat islands." They reported warmer temps than the ones in the cities.

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