We examine UHI2m (defined as urban-rural difference in 2m-height air temperature) and UHIs (defined as urban-rural difference in radiative surface temperature). Our results show significant, Interactions between urban heat islands and heat waves Author (s): Zhao, Lei; Oppenheimer, Michael; Zhu, Qing; Baldwin, Jane W.; Ebi, Kristie L.; et al Download To refer to this page use: http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1qb67 Show Full Item Record, This study suggests that there are multiple factors controlling the interactions between UHIs and HWs, which may explain why synergies between UHIs and HWs are only found in certain metropolitan regions and/or under certain HW events., For urban residents, the urban heat island (UHI) effect further exacerbates the heat stress resulting from HWs. Here we use a climate model to investigate the interactions between the UHI and HWs in 50 cities in the United States under current climate and future warming scenarios., L. Zhao, M. Oppenheimer, Q. Zhu, J. Baldwin (2017) Interactions between urban heat island and heatwave events. 16th Annual Meeting of the Carbon Mitigation Initiative, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, April 2017 (P), .