Urban air pollution patterns, land use, and thermal landscape: An examination of the linkage using GIS

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 463-489

  Weng, Qihao ^a   Yang, Shihong ^b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution pattern; Geographic Information System (GIS); Guangzhou; Land surface temperature; Urban land use

Indexed keywords

LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL INFRARED IMAGERY; THERMAL LANDSCAPE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CORRELATION METHODS; INFRARED IMAGING; LAND USE;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GIS; LAND USE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSCAPE; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOSENSOR; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUST; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAND USE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; THERMAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; URBAN HEALTH;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 33747491163     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-0888-9     Document Type: Article

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