Fractal analysis of the structure and dynamics of a satellite-detected urban heat island

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2359-2366

  Chen, Y ^a   Sui, D Z ^b   Fung, T ^c   Dou, W ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; FRACTALS; PIXELS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; THERMAL CHARATERISTICS;

REMOTE SENSING;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HEAT ISLAND; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANGHAI;

EID: 34547094566     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160500315485     Document Type: Article

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