A surface heat island study of Athens using high-resolution satellite imagery and measurements of the optical and thermal properties of commonly used building and paving materials

International Journal of Sustainable Energy

Volumn 28, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 59-76

  Stathopoulou, M ^a   Synnefa, A ^a   Cartalis, C ^a   Santamouris, M ^a   Karlessi, T ^a   Akbari, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cool materials; Infrared emittance; Spectral reflectance; Stellite remote sensing; Surface urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; HEAT FLUX; LANDFORMS; MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PAVEMENTS; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE TIME ADAPTIVE PROCESSING; STELLITE; SUN; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VEGETATION;

COOL MATERIALS; FRACTIONAL VEGETATION COVERS; HEAT ISLANDS; HIGH-RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERIES; HIGH-SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; INFRARED EMITTANCE; INTEGRATING SPHERES; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURES; METROPOLITAN AREAS; MITIGATION MEASURES; MULTI-SPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGES; NEAR-INFRARED REFLECTANCES; OPTICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; SATELLITE IMAGES; SOLAR REFLECTANCES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SURFACE URBAN HEAT ISLAND; THERMAL EMITTANCE; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TOTAL SOLAR REFLECTANCES; URBAN FABRICS; URBAN SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN VEGETATIONS;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ALBEDO; BUILDING; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HEAT ISLAND; MAPPING; METROPOLITAN AREA; OPTICAL PROPERTY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 61349098839     PISSN: 14786451     EISSN: 1478646X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786450802452753     Document Type: Conference Paper

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