Surface urban heat island in China's 32 major cities: Spatial patterns and drivers

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 152, Issue , 2014, Pages 51-61

  Zhou, Decheng ^a   Zhao, Shuqing ^a   Liu, Shuguang ^b   Zhang, Liangxia ^c   Zhu, Chao ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Albedo; Climatic effects; Driving forces; Enhanced vegetation index (EVI); Land surface temperature (LST); Spatial variations; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION;

ALBEDO; CLIMATIC EFFECTS; DRIVING FORCES; ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; URBANIZATION;

SOLAR RADIATION;

CLIMATE MODELING; HEAT FLUX; HEAT ISLAND; MODIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ALBEDO; LAND SURFACE; SEASON; SUMMER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION INDEX; WINTER;

CHINA;

EID: 84902678693     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.05.017     Document Type: Article

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