On the linkage between urban heat island and urban pollution island: Three-decade literature review towards a conceptual framework

G Ulpiani - Science of the total environment, 2021 - Elsevier
With the doubling of urban population within the next two decades and the disproportionate
growth of megacities, it is critical to explore the synergism between urban heat and pollution …

Interaction between urban heat island and urban pollution island during summer in Berlin

H Li, F Meier, X Lee, T Chakraborty, J Liu… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Urban Heat Island (UHI) and Urban Pollution Island (UPI) are two major problems
of the urban environment and have become more serious with rapid urbanization. Since UHI …

Urban heat islands in China enhanced by haze pollution

C Cao, X Lee, S Liu, N Schultz, W **ao… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The urban heat island (UHI), the phenomenon of higher temperatures in urban land than the
surrounding rural land, is commonly attributed to changes in biophysical properties of the …

Quantifying urban heat island and pollutant nexus: A novel geospatial approach

KS Arunab, A Mathew - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The interaction between Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects and air pollution in urban
areas significantly impacts both the well-being of inhabitants and the delicate balance of …

Dominant control of agriculture and irrigation on urban heat island in India

R Kumar, V Mishra, J Buzan, R Kumar, D Shindell… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
As is true in many regions, India experiences surface Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect that is
well understood, but the causes of the more recently discovered Urban Cool Island (UCI) …

Contrasting responses of urban and rural surface energy budgets to heat waves explain synergies between urban heat islands and heat waves

D Li, T Sun, M Liu, L Yang, L Wang… - Environmental Research …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Heat waves (HWs) are projected to become more frequent and last longer over most land
areas in the late 21st century, which raises serious public health concerns. Urban residents …

Exploring Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry in Megacities: Insights from the Bei**g 325 m Meteorological Tower

Y Sun, Z Wang, L Wang, X Cheng, W Xu, Y Shi… - … in Atmospheric Sciences, 2025 - Springer
The Bei**g 325 m meteorological tower stands as a pivotal research platform for exploring
atmospheric boundary layer physics and atmospheric chemistry. With a legacy spanning 45 …

Vertical observations of the atmospheric boundary layer structure over Bei**g urban area during air pollution episodes

L Wang, J Liu, Z Gao, Y Li, M Huang… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
We investigated the interactions between the air pollutants and the structure of the urban
boundary layer (UBL) over Bei**g by using the data mainly obtained from the 325 m …

Understanding diurnality and inter-seasonality of a sub-tropical urban heat island

T Chakraborty, C Sarangi, SN Tripathi - Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2017 - Springer
We quantify the spatial and temporal aspects of the urban heat-island (UHI) effect for
Kanpur, a major city in the humid sub-tropical monsoon climate of the Gangetic basin. Fixed …

Flow patterns and heat transfer of an idealized square city in non-uniform heat flux and different background wind conditions

X Teng, Y Zhang, Y Fan, J Ge - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
The city scale buoyancy-driven flow is crucial for the wind and thermal environment in urban
areas, exerting a significant impact on the city ventilation, pollutants dispersion and heat …