Climate Research

How the Urban Heat Island Effect Influences the CO2 Doubling Temperature and its Implications

Authors: Alec Feinberg
Comments: 6 Pages. Key Words: Urban Heat Islands, Albedo goals, global warming causes, global warming feedback, global warming amplification effects, CO2 doubling temperature, CO2 doubling theory, IPCC albedo goals

Global warming has both root causes and amplification feedback effects. The main root cause, believed to be CO2 and other greenhouse gas, then creates many feedback amplification mechanisms such as loss of ice and snow albedo decrease, increase in atmospheric water vapor and so forth. The strength of the CO2 mechanism is often assessed by its doubling theory. However, such estimates rely on the fact that CO2 is the primary root cause. Numerous authors including this one have found the Urban Heat Island effect to be significant and should for many reasons be part of our goals in combating global warming problems. Therefore, if one quantifies the UHI effect, it must affect the CO2 doubling theory though the attrition factor. In this paper we provide a short overview to illustrate how the CO2 doubling temperature is influenced by the UHI effect. We also discuss its implications related to a lack of UHI albedo goals by governing climate change organizers.
Category: Climate Research