Remote sensing of temperature variations around major power plants as point sources of heat

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3791-3805

  Okwen, Roland ^a   Pu, Ruiliang ^b   Cunningham, Jeffrey ^a  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SENSORS;

BACKGROUND TEMPERATURE; CLOSE PROXIMITY; ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS (ETM+); LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; SPATIAL PROFILES; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; WINTER SEASONS;

REMOTE SENSING;

HEALTH RISK; HEAT PRODUCTION; HEAT SOURCE; LAND SURFACE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MORTALITY; POINT SOURCE; POWER PLANT; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; TAMPA BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960065516     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161003774723     Document Type: Article

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