Regional impervious surface estimation: An urban heat island application

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 477-496

  Lee, Sugie ^a   French, Steven P ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Impervious surface estimation; Land cover; Land use; Metropolitan Atlanta; Urban heat island effect

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; GIS; HEAT ISLAND; LAND COVER; LAND USE; METROPOLITAN AREA; PAVEMENT;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449368838     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640560902868207     Document Type: Article

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