Characterizing urban heat islands of global settlements using MODIS and nighttime lights products

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 185-196

  Zhang, Ping ^a,b   Imhoff, Marc L ^a   Wolfe, Robert E ^a   Bounoua, Lahouari ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Earth Resources Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LANDFORMS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL AREAS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION;

ECOLOGICAL SETTINGS; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NIGHT-TIME LIGHTS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; VEGETATION DENSITY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78650003020     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m10-039     Document Type: Article

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