Estimation of the relationship between vegetation patches and urban land surface temperature with remote sensing

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2105-2118

  Zhang, Xiuying ^a,b   Zhong, Taiyang ^a   Feng, Xuezhi ^a   Wang, Ke ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VEGETATION;

DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; INFLUENCE OF VEGETATIONS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; QUADRATIC CURVES; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION PATCHES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ESTIMATION METHOD; IKONOS; LAND SURFACE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 67650242178     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802549252     Document Type: Article

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