Exploring the influence of impervious surface density and shape on urban heat islands in the northeast United States using MODIS and Landsat

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 441-451

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

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Earth Resources Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; INTERCOMPARISONS; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LANDSAT; MIXED FORESTS; REGIONAL SCALE; SATELLITE DATA; SIZE AND SHAPE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE URBAN HEAT ISLANDS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN CORE; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN ZONES; URBANIZED AREA;

FORESTRY; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL AREAS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

FORESTRY; LAND USE; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE; USA;

EID: 84867501662     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m12-036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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