Temporal characteristics of thermal satellite images for urban heat stress and heat island mapping

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 74, Issue , 2012, Pages 153-162

  Nichol, Janet E ^a   To, Pui Hang ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Climate; Satellite; Thermal; Urban

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE STATIONS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DATA MEASUREMENTS; GROUND DATA; GROUND LEVEL; HEAT ISLAND; HEAT STRESS; HONG-KONG; HOT WEATHER; MAPPING SYSTEMS; SATELLITE IMAGES; SATELLITE SENSORS; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; TEMPERATURE DATA; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; THERMAL; URBAN; URBAN CLIMATES; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MAPPING; THERMAL STRESS; URBAN PLANNING;

SATELLITES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ASTER; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; HEAT ISLAND; HEATING; MAPPING; RECONSTRUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSOR; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION; WARNING SYSTEM;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84868219166     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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