Satellite-measured growth of the urban heat island of Houston, Texas

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 282-289

  Streutker, David R ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiative temperature map; Remote sensing; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; INFRARED RADIATION; RADIOMETERS;

URBAN HEAT ISLAND (UHI);

THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

AVHRR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAT ISLAND; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA;

HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038035666     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(03)00007-5     Document Type: Article

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