Abstract
An intense heat wave lasting for several days occurred in Cyprus during August 2010. Record high surface air temperatures were monitored. The aim of this study is to present the intensity and spatial extent of this event for four major districts, based on the analysis of MODIS Aqua satellite images along with surface air temperature data. Emphasis was given in the estimation of the urban heat island intensity and the differences from the respective mean intensity for August 2002–2008.
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Partial support was received from the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation under contract No. AEIFORIA/ASTI/0308(BE)/01. MODIS LST data were distributed by the Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC), located at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center (lpdaac.usgs.gov).
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Retalis, A. et al. (2013). Study of the August 2010 Heat Event in Cyprus. In: Helmis, C., Nastos, P. (eds) Advances in Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics. Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29172-2_38
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