Changes in satellite-derived impervious surface area at US historical climatology network stations

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 120, Issue , 2016, Pages 77-83

  Gallo, Kevin ^a,b   Xian, George ^b  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate station siting; Impervious surface area; Land cover change; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE STATIONS; HISTORICAL CLIMATOLOGIES; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA; LAND-COVER CHANGE; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; NETWORK STATIONS; SURFACE FEATURE; URBANIZATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAND COVER; LANDSAT; MODIS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBANIZATION; WEATHER STATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84986564675     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2016.08.006     Document Type: Article

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