Figure 4
From: The Photovoltaic Heat Island Effect: Larger solar power plants increase local temperatures
Experimental sites. Monitoring a (1) natural semiarid desert ecosystem, (2) solar (PV) photovoltaic installation, and (3) an “urban” parking lot – the typical source of urban heat islanding – within a 1 km2 area enabled relative control for the incoming solar energy, allowing us to quantify variation in the localized temperature of these three environments over a year-long time period.
The Google Earth image shows the University of Arizona’s Science and Technology Park’s Solar Zone.
