A new perspective to assess the urban heat island through remotely sensed atmospheric profiles

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 158, Issue , 2015, Pages 393-406

  Hu, Leiqiu ^a   Brunsell, Nathaniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric profiles; MODIS; Near surface temperature; Urban heat island; Urban heat island curve

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; LANDFORMS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMAL POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE; DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE; GROUND OBSERVATIONS; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MODIS; NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ACCURACIES; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DEW POINT; HEAT ISLAND; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84921302189     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.10.022     Document Type: Article

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