Reference Air Temperature and UHI magnitude Urban Cooling Model

[jesseG]

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UHI magnitude calculation

Hi Caro, Hopefully I can provide some guidance on your questions. In regards to your first post on the comparability of reference air temperature and surface temperature, you are correct in thinking that the two describe different phenomena and there may be issues in using them together. However, InVEST is designed with an eye to broad applicability, especially to data-poor regions. As you have no doubt discovered, good data on local urban heat island effects (and even reference rural air tempe…