Rennes, a climate-smart city ? : Some results from high-density UHI monitoring

Some results from high-density UHI monitoring
Rennes, a climate-smart city ?

Authors : Vincent DUBREUIL, Charlotte BRABANT, Gabriel DELAUNAY, Jean NABUCET, Hervé QUENOL, Frédéric CLAIN, François LEPRINCE, Jérôme DREANO, Laurent GEORGET

Publication date: June 10, 2022 | Lire en français

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3. Some results from high-density UHI monitoring

3.1 The CIP mechanism based on representative days

The UHI is classically calculated as the difference between the temperature in the city center and the lowest temperature recorded in the "cold" rural outskirts. In fact, the UHI phenomenon results from a change in the local energy balance: urban overheating is linked above all to built-up and artificial surfaces and volumes, which at night release the heat stored during the day

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Some results from high-density UHI monitoring