A temperature and vegetation adjusted NTL urban index for urban area mapping and analysis

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 135, Issue , 2018, Pages 93-111

  Zhang, Xiya ^a   Li, Peijun ^b  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DMSP OLS; LST; NDVI; TVANUI; Urban extent

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAMS; DMSP/OLS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NDVI; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; OPERATIONAL LINESCAN SYSTEM (OLS); TVANUI; URBAN EXTENT;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INDEX METHOD; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAND SURFACE; MAPPING; MODIS; NDVI; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE MISSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TERRA (SATELLITE); TIME SERIES; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 85034947329     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2017.11.016     Document Type: Article

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