The impact of built-up surfaces on land surface temperatures in Italian urban areas

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 551-552, Issue , 2016, Pages 317-326

  Morabito, Marco ^a,b   Crisci, Alfonso ^a   Messeri, Alessandro ^b   Orlandini, Simone ^b   Raschi, Antonio ^a   Maracchi, Giampiero ^c   Munafò, Michele ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c CeSIA Accademia dei Georgofili   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Imperviousness; Microclimate; Remote sensing; Soil sealing; Urban ecological study; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; URBAN PLANNING;

ECOLOGICAL STUDIES; IMPERVIOUSNESS; MICROCLIMATE; SOIL SEALING; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

HEAT ISLAND; LAND SURFACE; MICROCLIMATE; REMOTE SENSING; SEALING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BUILT UP SURFACE; COLD CLIMATE; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DAYTIME; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ITALY; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LAND USE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MICROCLIMATE; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN AREA;

BOLOGNA [BOLOGNA (PRV)]; BOLOGNA [EMILIA-ROMAGNA]; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; FIRENZE [TUSCANY]; FLORENCE [FIRENZE]; ITALY; LAZIO; LOMBARDY; MILAN; MILANO [LOMBARDY]; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; TUSCANY;

EID: 84957831623     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.029     Document Type: Article

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