Variation in the urban vegetation, surface temperature, air temperature nexus

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 579, Issue , 2017, Pages 495-505

  Shiflett, Sheri A ^a   Liang, Liyin L ^a,e   Crum, Steven M ^a   Feyisa, Gudina L ^b   Wang, Jun ^c,d   Jenerette, G Darrel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d University of Iowa   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Air temperature; HyspIRI; Land surface temperature; Microclimate; Urban warming; Vegetation cooling

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; FEEDBACK; GLOBAL WARMING; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VEGETATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; HYSPIRI; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MICROCLIMATE; URBAN WARMING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARID REGION; HEAT ISLAND; LAND SURFACE; MICROCLIMATE; NDVI; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; URBAN CLIMATE; VEGETATION COVER;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CANOPY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; URBANIZATION;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CITRUS;

CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LOS ANGELES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 85007109734     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.069     Document Type: Article

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