Validating satellite-derived land surface temperature with in situ measurements: A public health perspective

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 925-931

  White Newsome, Jalonne L ^a   Brines, Shannon J ^a   Brown, Daniel G ^a   Timothy Dvonch, J ^a   Gronlund, Carina J ^a   Zhang, Kai ^b   Oswald, Evan M ^a   O'Neill, Marie S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ground truthing; Heat; Land surface temperature; Landsat satellite; Remote sensing; Surface imperviousness; Temperature; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPACECRAFT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84880984170     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1206176     Document Type: Article

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