Assessing the value of urban green spaces in mitigating multi-seasonal urban heat using MODIS land surface temperature (LST) and landsat 8 data

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-18

  Odindi, J O ^a   Bangamwabo, V ^a   Mutanga, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Green spaces; Landsat; MODIS; Remote Sensing; Urban Heat Island; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; HEAT ISLAND; LAND SURFACE; LANDSAT; MICROCLIMATE; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84920265914     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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