The Spatial Variations of Urban Land Surface Temperatures: Pertinent Factors, Zoning Effect, and Seasonal Variability

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qihao Weng ◽  
Hua Liu ◽  
Bingqing Liang ◽  
Dengsheng Lu
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Variability ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Spatial Variations ◽  
Surface Temperatures ◽  
Land Surface Temperatures ◽  
Zoning Effect

scholarly journals The Role of Vegetation in Mitigating Urban Land Surface Temperatures: A Case Study of Munich, Germany during the Warm Season

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 4689-4706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadroddin Alavipanah ◽  
Martin Wegmann ◽  
Salman Qureshi ◽  
Qihao Weng ◽  
Thomas Koellner
Keyword(s):  
Land Surface ◽  
Warm Season ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Surface Temperatures ◽  
Land Surface Temperatures

A physical model-based method for retrieving urban land surface temperatures under cloudy conditions

2019 ◽  
Vol 230 ◽  
pp. 111191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Fu ◽  
Yanhua Xie ◽  
Qihao Weng ◽  
Soe Myint ◽  
Katherine Meacham-Hensold ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Model ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Surface Temperatures ◽  
Land Surface Temperatures

scholarly journals Evaluating the Variability of Urban Land Surface Temperatures Using Drone Observations

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 1722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Naughton ◽  
Walter McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Land Surface Temperature ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Surface Temperatures ◽  
Land Use Types ◽  
Land Surface Temperatures

Urbanization and climate change are driving increases in urban land surface temperatures that pose a threat to human and environmental health. To address this challenge, we must be able to observe land surface temperatures within spatially complex urban environments. However, many existing remote sensing studies are based upon satellite or aerial imagery that capture temperature at coarse resolutions that fail to capture the spatial complexities of urban land surfaces that can change at a sub-meter resolution. This study seeks to fill this gap by evaluating the spatial variability of land surface temperatures through drone thermal imagery captured at high-resolutions (13 cm). In this study, flights were conducted using a quadcopter drone and thermal camera at two case study locations in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and El Paso, Texas. Results indicate that land use types exhibit significant variability in their surface temperatures (3.9–15.8 °C) and that this variability is influenced by surface material properties, traffic, weather and urban geometry. Air temperature and solar radiation were statistically significant predictors of land surface temperature (R2 0.37–0.84) but the predictive power of the models was lower for land use types that were heavily impacted by pedestrian or vehicular traffic. The findings from this study ultimately elucidate factors that contribute to land surface temperature variability in the urban environment, which can be applied to develop better temperature mitigation practices to protect human and environmental health.

Evaluating the Operational Retrieval and Downscaling of Urban Land Surface Temperatures

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1312-1316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panagiotis Sismanidis ◽  
Iphigenia Keramitsoglou ◽  
Chris T. Kiranoudis
Keyword(s):  
Land Surface ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Surface Temperatures ◽  
Land Surface Temperatures
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