Mapping micro-urban heat islands using NOAA/AVHRR images and CORINE Land Cover: An application to coastal cities of Greece

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2301-2316

  Stathopoulou, M ^a   Cartalis, C ^a   Keramitsoglou, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFRARED DETECTORS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN PLANNING;

LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE (LST); THERMAL INFRARED DATA DETECTORS; URBAN HEAT ISLANDS (UHI);

MAPPING;

AVHRR; HEAT ISLAND; NOAA SATELLITE; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 3242760595     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160310001618725     Document Type: Article

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