Use of Earth Observation based indices for the monitoring of built-up area features and dynamics in support of urban energy studies

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 98, Issue , 2015, Pages 92-99

  Polydoros, Anastasios ^a   Cartalis, Constantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Remote sensing; Thermal comfort; Urban environment and health

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; OBSERVATORIES; REMOTE SENSING; THERMAL COMFORT;

BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; MITIGATION PLANS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CHANGES; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84930272101     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.09.060     Document Type: Article

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