Urban thermal environment dynamics and associated landscape pattern factors: A case study in the Beijing metropolitan region

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 173, Issue , 2016, Pages 145-155

  Peng, Jian ^a   Xie, Pan ^a   Liu, Yanxu ^a   Ma, Jing ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing metropolitan region; High temperature center; Landscape composition; Landscape configuration; Urban thermal environment dynamics

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; URBAN GROWTH;

HIGH TEMPERATURE; LANDSCAPE COMPOSITION; LANDSCAPE CONFIGURATION; METROPOLITAN REGIONS; URBAN THERMAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LAND SURFACE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; METROPOLITAN AREA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBURBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84949225094     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.11.027     Document Type: Article

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