Remotely sensed thermal information applied to urban climate analysis

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2191-2196

  Pongracz, Rita ^a   Bartholy, Judit ^a   Dezso, Zsuzsanna ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Carpathian Basin; Satellite Terra; Sensor MODIS; Surface temperature; Urban heat island effect

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SENSORS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CARPATHIAN BASIN; MACROCIRCULATION; SATELLITE TERRA; SENSOR MODIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 33745713053     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.06.069     Document Type: Article

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