Diurnal and seasonal impacts of urbanization on the urban thermal environment: A case study of Beijing using MODIS data

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 85, Issue , 2013, Pages 93-101

  Qiao, Zhi ^a   Tian, Guangjin ^a   Xiao, Lin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Contribution index; Land surface temperature; MODIS; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; VEGETATION;

BEIJING; CONTRIBUTION INDICES; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MODIS; URBANIZATION;

RADIOMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEAT ISLAND; LAND SURFACE; LANDSCAPE; MODIS; NDVI; RESOLUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN DESIGN; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84884522188     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2013.08.010     Document Type: Article

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