Spatio-temporal modelling and analysis of urban heat islands by using Landsat TM and ETM+ imagery

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3531-3548

  Rajasekar, Umamaheshwaran ^a   Weng, Qihao ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION;

CARDINAL DIRECTION; KERNEL CONVOLUTION; NON-PARAMETRIC; NON-PARAMETRIC MODEL; RATE OF INCREASE; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIO-TEMPORAL MODELLING; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

GAUSSIAN METHOD; HEAT ISLAND; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN CLIMATE;

INDIANA; INDIANAPOLIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449409235     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802562289     Document Type: Article

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