Development of an urban landcover classification scheme suitable for representing climatic conditions in a densely built-up Asian megacity

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 362-371

  Eum, Jeong Hee ^a   Scherer, Dieter ^b   Fehrenbach, Ute ^b   Woo, Jung Hun ^c  

^a Korea Environment Institute (KEI)   (South Korea)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asian megacity; Land surface parameter; Landuse planning; Urban climate; Urban landcover classification scheme

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

LAND SURFACE PARAMETERS; LAND-USE PLANNING; MEGACITIES; URBAN CLIMATES; URBAN LAND-COVER;

LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; HEAT ISLAND; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MEGACITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER STATION;

SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 80054873789     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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