The diurnal and seasonal characteristics of urban heat island variation in Beijing city and surrounding areas and impact factors based on remote sensing satellite data

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL.2, 2005, Pages 220-229

  Zhang, Jiahua ^a   Hou, Yingyu ^b   Li, Guicai ^b   Van, Hao ^b   Yang, Limin ^c   Yao, Fengmei ^d  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing city and surrounding areas; LST; MODIS; Urban heat island; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

BEIJING CITY; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE (LSI); MODIS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND (UHI); VEGETATION COVER;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DIURNAL VARIATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HEAT ISLAND; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION COVER;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33845918802     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/05yd0026     Document Type: Article

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