TY - JOUR
T1 - Ground and top of canopy layer urban heat island partitioning on an airborne image
AU - Goldreich, Yair
PY - 2006/9/30
Y1 - 2006/9/30
N2 - Analyzing the urban heat island from remote sensing thermal images does not distinguish between the various urban levels, i.e., between ground and the top of the urban canopy layer (roofs surfaces). Applying image processing techniques for roofs/ground partitioning and analyzing these levels separately by DISTCORMAT spatial technique reveals that the heat island centers do not coincide. The distance between these centers on a nocturnal image of Johannesburg (South Africa) may reach more than 300 m.
AB - Analyzing the urban heat island from remote sensing thermal images does not distinguish between the various urban levels, i.e., between ground and the top of the urban canopy layer (roofs surfaces). Applying image processing techniques for roofs/ground partitioning and analyzing these levels separately by DISTCORMAT spatial technique reveals that the heat island centers do not coincide. The distance between these centers on a nocturnal image of Johannesburg (South Africa) may reach more than 300 m.
KW - Airborne thermography
KW - DISTCORMAT spatial analysis technique
KW - Roofs/ground partitioning
KW - Urban heat island
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33748042609&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.rse.2005.08.018
DO - 10.1016/j.rse.2005.08.018
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AN - SCOPUS:33748042609
SN - 0034-4257
VL - 104
SP - 247
EP - 255
JO - Remote Sensing of Environment
JF - Remote Sensing of Environment
IS - 2
ER -