Urban heat island diagnosis using ASTER satellite images and 'in situ' air temperature

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 276-284

  Nichol, Janet E ^a   Fung, Wing Yee ^a   Lam, Ka se ^a   Wong, Man Sing ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA SETS; GENERAL TRENDS; GROUND DATA; HEAT ISLAND; HONG-KONG; IN-SITU; LAND COVER; LARGE-SCALE ADVECTION; LOW RESOLUTION; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; REGIONAL SCALE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGES; STRUCTURE MODELS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL IMAGES; URBAN AND RURAL AREAS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN BOUNDARY LAYERS; URBAN CANOPIES; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ADVECTION; HEAT FLUX; LANDFORMS; RURAL AREAS; SATELLITES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ASTER; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HEAT ISLAND; SATELLITE IMAGERY; URBAN CLIMATE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 68949162024     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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