Synergistic interactions between urban heat islands and heat waves: The impact in cities is larger than the sum of its parts

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• heat wave 100%
• heat island 95%
• city 48%
• urban area 24%
• rural area 19%
• heat stress 13%
• green space 12%
• temperature 12%
• adaptation strategy 12%
• urban population 12%
• hydrological cycle 10%
• twenty first century 10%
• health risk 9%
• air temperature 8%
• mitigation 8%
• wind velocity 8%
• moisture 8%
• attribute 8%
• effect 5%
• modeling 4%