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We analyze urban temperature data from mobile measurements on a late summer day in combination with land use data to identify climate effects of urban water bodies in the German city of Münster. Direct effects on urban air temperature are heterogeneous and – in the evening – rather warming than cooling, while effects of urban green spaces are clearly cooling in the afternoon and evening. Depending on the distance to the next water body, cooling effects of urban green spaces are clearly intensifying, which can be interpreted as a result of better water supply of urban green.
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The Climate Adaptation Concept for the City of Münster was funded by the German Ministry of Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety as part of the National Climate Protection Initiative 2015, funding number 03KS7649. The development of the Urbmobi temperature sensor used in this study was funded by the EIT Climate-KIC funding of the European Union, 2013 (“Urban Mobile Instruments for Environmental Monitoring”).
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Ketzler, G., Goertz, S., Leuchner, M. (2021). Effects of Small Water Bodies on the Urban Heat Island and Their Interaction with Urban Green Spaces in a Medium-Size City in Germany. In: Vasenev, V., et al. Advanced Technologies for Sustainable Development of Urban Green Infrastructure. SSC 2020. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75285-9_7
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