Utility of Landsat image in the study of land cover and land surface temperature change

Procedia Environmental Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue PART B, 2011, Pages 1287-1292

  Lv, Zhi Qiang ^a   Zhou, Qi Gang ^a  

^a CHONGQING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fast developing region; Land surface temperature; Land use; Object based classification

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; LAND USE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES; FAST DEVELOPING REGIONS; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LAND USE AND LAND COVER; OBJECT-BASED CLASSIFICATIONS; RELIABLE MEASUREMENT; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84857387469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18780296     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2011.09.206     Document Type: Conference Paper

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