MODIS detected surface urban heat islands and sinks: Global locations and controls

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 134, Issue , 2013, Pages 294-304

  Clinton, Nicholas ^a   Gong, Peng ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

EVI; Heat island; Heat sink; MODIS; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EMERGENT PROPERTY; EVI; HEAT ISLAND; MODIS; SURFACE URBAN HEAT ISLANDS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE; URBANIZATION;

ARID REGIONS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEAT SINKS; RADIOMETERS; REGIONAL PLANNING; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ARID REGION; DATA SET; ENERGY USE; HEAT ISLAND; IDENTIFICATION KEY; METROPOLITAN AREA; MODIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL PLANNING; REMOTE SENSING; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84876312138     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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