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DOI	10.3390/ijerph17092993
	Spatial Distribution of Land Surface Temperatures in Kuwait: Urban Heat and Cool Islands
	Alahmad, Barrak 1,2; Tomasso, Linda Powers 1; Al-Hemoud, Ali 3; James, Peter 1,4,5; Koutrakis, Petros 1
通讯作者	Alahmad, Barrak
来源期刊	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
EISSN	1660-4601
出版年	2020
卷号	17 期号:9
英文摘要	The global rise of urbanization has led to the formation of surface urban heat islands and surface urban cool islands. Urban heat islands have been shown to increase thermal discomfort, which increases heat stress and heat-related diseases. In Kuwait, a hyper-arid desert climate, most of the population lives in urban and suburban areas. In this study, we characterized the spatial distribution of land surface temperatures and investigated the presence of urban heat and cool effects in Kuwait. We used historical Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Terra satellite 8-day composite land surface temperature (LST) from 2001 to 2017. We calculated the average LSTs of the urban/suburban governorates and compared them to the average LSTs of the rural and barren lands. We repeated the analysis for daytime and nighttime LST. During the day, the temperature difference (urban/suburban minus versus governorates) was -1.1 degrees C (95% CI; -1.2, -1.00, p < 0.001) indicating a daytime urban cool island. At night, the temperature difference (urban/suburban versus rural governorates) became 3.6 degrees C (95% CI; 3.5, 3.7, p < 0.001) indicating a nighttime urban heat island. In light of rising temperatures in Kuwait, this work can inform climate change adaptation efforts in the country including urban planning policies, but also has the potential to improve temperature exposure assessment for future population health studies.
英文关键词	urban heat island urban cool island Kuwait land surface temperature MODIS Google earth engine climate change
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	USA ; Kuwait
开放获取类型	Green Published, gold
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000535745400017
WOS关键词	DESERT ; WATER ; VALIDATION ; STRATEGIES ; MORTALITY ; INVERSION ; TORONTO ; PHOENIX ; IMPACT ; CITIES
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/319029
作者单位	1.Harvard TH Chan Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Environm Hlth, Boston, MA 02115 USA; 2.Kuwait Univ, Fac Publ Hlth, Environm & Occupat Hlth Dept, Kuwait 24923, Kuwait; 3.Kuwait Inst Sci Res, Environm & Life Sci Res Ctr, Kuwait 24885, Kuwait; 4.Harvard Med Sch, Dept Populat Med, Boston, MA 02115 USA; 5.Harvard Pilgrim Hlth Care Inst, Boston, MA 02115 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Alahmad, Barrak,Tomasso, Linda Powers,Al-Hemoud, Ali,et al. Spatial Distribution of Land Surface Temperatures in Kuwait: Urban Heat and Cool Islands[J],2020,17(9).
APA	Alahmad, Barrak,Tomasso, Linda Powers,Al-Hemoud, Ali,James, Peter,&Koutrakis, Petros.(2020).Spatial Distribution of Land Surface Temperatures in Kuwait: Urban Heat and Cool Islands.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH,17(9).
MLA	Alahmad, Barrak,et al."Spatial Distribution of Land Surface Temperatures in Kuwait: Urban Heat and Cool Islands".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 17.9(2020).