Work package 3 aims at comparing intra- and inter-urban surface and canopy-layer urban heat islands (UHI) in different background climates and investigate influencing factors, e.g., meteorology, topography, and land cover.

Analyses shall be based on data acquired in work packages 1 and 2 on local-scale surface characteristics (Local Climate Zones), and land-surface temperature and canopy-layer air temperature, respectively.

Due to the selected methodology and data, a consistent comparison of UHI intensities and their influencing factors can be achieved.

References:
[1] Fenner, D., Meier, F., Bechtel, B., Otto, M. and Scherer, D. (2017): Intra and inter 'local climate zone' variability of air temperature as observed by crowdsourced citizen weather stations in Berlin, Germany. Meteorol. Z. 26 (5): 525-547. DOI: 10.1127/metz/2017/0861