An approach to analyzing the intensity of the daytime surface urban heat island effect at a local scale

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 151, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 289-300

  Xu, Shenlai ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Contribution of source and sink landscapes; Daytime surface urban heat island; Landscape index; Sink landscape; Source landscape

Indexed keywords

CONTRIBUTION OF SOURCE AND SINK LANDSCAPES; DAYTIME SURFACE URBAN HEAT ISLAND; LANDSCAPE INDEX; SINK LANDSCAPE; SOURCE LANDSCAPE;

HEAT FLUX; VEGETATION;

THERMAL POLLUTION;

HEAT ISLAND; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE; NDVI; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SUNLIGHT; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 62149130695     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0270-1     Document Type: Article

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