In situ measurement of temperatures in Kuala Lumpur area

The current situation of environmental condition becomes an importance niche that is crucial to be understand by many researchers. This research attempts carried out an investigation on the temperature daytime measurement across different land cover areas. These land cover types were selected for i...

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Main Authors:	Ibrahim, Illyani, Abu Samah, Azizan, Fauzi, Rosmadi, Jaafar, Samsuddin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	AENSI 2015
Subjects:	GA Mathematical geography. Cartography
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/42176/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/42176/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/42176/1/9-16.pdf

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spelling	iium-421762015-03-09T02:29:11Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/42176/ In situ measurement of temperatures in Kuala Lumpur area Ibrahim, Illyani Abu Samah, Azizan Fauzi, Rosmadi Jaafar, Samsuddin GA Mathematical geography. Cartography The current situation of environmental condition becomes an importance niche that is crucial to be understand by many researchers. This research attempts carried out an investigation on the temperature daytime measurement across different land cover areas. These land cover types were selected for interrogating the temperature varies in different measurement that was conducted. The method used in this study by utilizing vehicle equipped with a surface and air temperature sensor and a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, and measuring temperature to the same location in a different day period. The finding of this study is the playing field shows a hot pocket of temperature compared to the other areas, including residential, roads and commercial. Another finding is a consistency of the heat island areas was found; Sungei Wang Plaza and Dataran Merdeka of POI (Point of Interest) as the main attraction area of people and tourists. This study leads to the propose for the land use map in the urban planning department not to include playing fields and golf course under green areas, as it does not cool down the temperatures. AENSI 2015-01-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/42176/1/9-16.pdf Ibrahim, Illyani and Abu Samah, Azizan and Fauzi, Rosmadi and Jaafar, Samsuddin (2015) In situ measurement of temperatures in Kuala Lumpur area. Journal of Applied Science and Agriculture, 10 (3). pp. 9-16. ISSN 1816-9112 http://journal-index.org/index.php/asi/article/view/437
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spellingShingle	GA Mathematical geography. Cartography Ibrahim, Illyani Abu Samah, Azizan Fauzi, Rosmadi Jaafar, Samsuddin In situ measurement of temperatures in Kuala Lumpur area
description	The current situation of environmental condition becomes an importance niche that is crucial to be understand by many researchers. This research attempts carried out an investigation on the temperature daytime measurement across different land cover areas. These land cover types were selected for interrogating the temperature varies in different measurement that was conducted. The method used in this study by utilizing vehicle equipped with a surface and air temperature sensor and a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, and measuring temperature to the same location in a different day period. The finding of this study is the playing field shows a hot pocket of temperature compared to the other areas, including residential, roads and commercial. Another finding is a consistency of the heat island areas was found; Sungei Wang Plaza and Dataran Merdeka of POI (Point of Interest) as the main attraction area of people and tourists. This study leads to the propose for the land use map in the urban planning department not to include playing fields and golf course under green areas, as it does not cool down the temperatures.
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author	Ibrahim, Illyani Abu Samah, Azizan Fauzi, Rosmadi Jaafar, Samsuddin
author_facet	Ibrahim, Illyani Abu Samah, Azizan Fauzi, Rosmadi Jaafar, Samsuddin
author_sort	Ibrahim, Illyani
title	In situ measurement of temperatures in Kuala Lumpur area
title_short	In situ measurement of temperatures in Kuala Lumpur area
title_full	In situ measurement of temperatures in Kuala Lumpur area
title_fullStr	In situ measurement of temperatures in Kuala Lumpur area
title_full_unstemmed	In situ measurement of temperatures in Kuala Lumpur area
title_sort	in situ measurement of temperatures in kuala lumpur area
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In situ measurement of temperatures in Kuala Lumpur area

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