Inter-seasonal variations of surface temperature in the urbanized environment of Delhi using landsat thermal data

Energies

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1811-1828

  Singh, Ram Babu ^a   Grover, Aakriti ^b   Zhan, Jinyan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Delhi; Land use cover; Micro climate; Seasonal variation; Urban heat island (UHI)

Indexed keywords

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

DELHI; LAND USE/COVER; MICRO-CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84896941294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en7031811     Document Type: Article

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