Research Article

The Impact of the Urban Heat Island during an Intense Heat Wave in Oklahoma City

Table 1

The surface characteristics of stations used in the study along with urban climate zone classifications defined by Oke [40].

SiteSurface TypeUrban climate zone classification; Oke [40]

KCB101UrbanUCZ2
KCB102UrbanUCZ2
KCB103UrbanUCZ1
KCB104UrbanUCZ1
KCB105UrbanUCZ1
KCB106UrbanUCZ1
KCB107UrbanUCZ2
KCB108UrbanUCZ1
KCB109UrbanUCZ2
KCB110SuburbanUCZ6
KSW101RuralNA
KSW102SuburbanUCZ6
KSW103SuburbanUCZ4
KSW104SuburbanUCZ6
KSW105SuburbanUCZ4, UCZ7
KSW106SuburbanUCZ4, UCZ5
KSW107SuburbanUCZ4
KSW108SuburbanUCZ6
KSW109SuburbanUCZ5
KSW110RuralNA
KSW111SuburbanUCZ5, UCZ6
KSW112SuburbanUCZ5, UCZ6
KSE101SuburbanUCZ4, UCZ6
KSE102RuralNA
KNW101SuburbanUCZ4
KNW102SuburbanUCZ7
KNW103SuburbanUCZ4
KNW104SuburbanUCZ7
KNW105SuburbanUCZ4, UCZ6
KNW106SuburbanUCZ4
KNW107SuburbanUCZ4
KNW108SuburbanUCZ4
KNE101SuburbanUCZ7
KNE102SuburbanUCZ4
KNE103RuralNA
KNE104SuburbanUCZ4
KNE105SuburbanUCZ4
ELRERuralNA
GUTHRuralNA
KINGRuralNA
MINCRuralNA
NRMNSuburbanUCZ7
OKCNSuburbanUCZ7
OKCESuburbanUCZ6
OKCWSuburbanUCZ7
SHAWRuralNA
SPENRuralNA