Spatial and temporal trends of the surface and air heat island over Milan using MODIS data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 150, Issue , 2014, Pages 163-171

  Anniballe, Roberta ^a   Bonafoni, Stefania ^a   Pichierri, Manuele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gaussian fit; Satellite based sensor; Surface and air temperature; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; THERMAL POLLUTION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; GAUSSIAN FITS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; SATELLITE-BASED SENSORS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL TRENDS; SURFACE URBAN HEAT ISLANDS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; GAUSSIAN METHOD; HEAT ISLAND; MODIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ITALY; LOMBARDY; MILAN; MILANO [LOMBARDY];

EID: 84901485889     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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