High-resolution spectral mapping of urban thermal properties with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Building and Environment

Volumn 121, Issue , 2017, Pages 215-224

  Gaitani, Niki ^a   Burud, Ingunn ^b   Thiis, Thomas ^b   Santamouris, Mat ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; IR; Materials; NIR; Surface temperature; UAV; Urban microclimate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY BALANCE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFRARED DEVICES; IRIDIUM; MATERIALS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOMAPPING; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURVEYS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); URBAN PLANNING;

AERIAL SURVEYS; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING SENSORS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN MICROCLIMATE; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIRCRAFT; MAPPING; MICROCLIMATE; NEAR INFRARED; SENSOR; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY; UNMANNED VEHICLE; URBAN AREA; WAVELENGTH;

ATTICA; GREECE; MOUNT IMITTOS;

EID: 85019860649     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.05.027     Document Type: Article

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