Urban Heat Island in Moscow Derived from Satellite Data

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (7) ◽  
pp. 488-497
Author(s):  
M. А. Lokoshchenko ◽  
E. A. Enukova
Keyword(s):  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
Satellite Data ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Urban Heat

scholarly journals Urban Heat Island Analysis Using the Landsat 8 Satellite Data: A Case Study in Skopje, Macedonia

Proceedings ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
pp. 358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordana Kaplan ◽  
Ugur Avdan ◽  
Zehra Yigit Avdan
Keyword(s):  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
Satellite Data ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Urban Heat

Meteorological simulations with use of satellite data for assessing urban heat island under summertime anticyclonic conditions

2010 ◽  
Vol 40 (1/2/3) ◽  
pp. 123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodoros Nitis ◽  
Zvjezdana B. Klaic ◽  
Dimitra Kitsiou ◽  
Nicolas Moussiopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
Satellite Data ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Urban Heat

scholarly journals Crowdsourced air temperatures contrast satellite measures of the urban heat island and its mechanisms

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (22) ◽  
pp. eabb9569
Author(s):  
Zander S. Venter ◽  
Tirthankar Chakraborty ◽  
Xuhui Lee
Keyword(s):  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
Satellite Data ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Urban Greening ◽  
Air Temperatures ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Urban Heat ◽  
Surface Urban Heat Island ◽  
Heat Risk ◽  
Aerodynamic Roughness

The ubiquitous nature of satellite data has led to an explosion of studies on the surface urban heat island (SUHI). Relatively few have simultaneously used air temperature measurements to compare SUHI with the canopy UHI (CUHI), which is more relevant to public health. Using crowdsourced citizen weather stations (>50,000) and satellite data over Europe, we estimate the CUHI and SUHI intensity in 342 urban clusters during the 2019 heat wave. Satellites produce a sixfold overestimate of UHI relative to station measurements (mean SUHI 1.45°C; CUHI 0.26°C), with SUHI exceeding CUHI in 96% of cities during daytime and in 80% at night. Using empirical evidence, we confirm the control of aerodynamic roughness on UHI intensity, but find evaporative cooling to have a stronger overall impact during this time period. Our results support urban greening as an effective UHI mitigation strategy and caution against relying on satellite data for urban heat risk assessments.

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