Satellite-observed urbanization characters in Shanghai, China: Aerosols, urban heat Island effect, and land-atmosphere interactions

Remote Sensing

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-99

  Jin, Menglin S ^a   Kessomkiat, Wittaya ^a   Pereira, Gary ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Remote sensing; Surface heat island effect; Urban aerosols; Urban system

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; CLIMATE SYSTEM; CLOUD FRACTION; DENSE URBAN AREAS; EAST ASIA; GROUND OBSERVATIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATIONS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RURAL REGIONS; SHANGHAI , CHINA; SKIN TEMPERATURES; SURFACE ALBEDO; URBAN AEROSOLS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN SYSTEMS; WATER VAPOR MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; NASA; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WATER VAPOR;

LANDFORMS;

EID: 80051862674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs3010083     Document Type: Article

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