The impact of temporal aggregation of land surface temperature data for surface urban heat island (SUHI) monitoring

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 134, Issue , 2013, Pages 162-174

  Hu, Leiqiu ^a   Brunsell, Nathaniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud impact; Land surface temperature; Temporal aggregation; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

CLOUD IMPACTS; COMPOSITE PRODUCTS; HOUSTON , TEXAS; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SURFACE URBAN HEAT ISLANDS; TEMPORAL AGGREGATION; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

THERMAL POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CLOUD COVER; HEAT ISLAND; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875848563     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.02.022     Document Type: Article

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