Surface urban heat island effect and its relationship with urban expansion in Nanjing, China

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Tu, Lili ^a   Qin, Zhihao ^b   Li, Wenjuan ^b   Geng, Jun ^a   Yang, Lechan ^a   Zhao, Shuhe ^a   Zhan, Wenfeng ^a   Wanga, Fei ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

centroid trajectory; fractal characteristics; Nanjing; Surface urban heat island; urban expansion

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FRACTALS; THERMAL POLLUTION; URBAN PLANNING;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; FRACTAL CHARACTERISTICS; NANJING; NANJING , CHINA; SURFACE URBAN HEAT ISLANDS; URBAN EXPANSION;

EXPANSION;

EID: 84976637701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.10.026037     Document Type: Article

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