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The Use Of Noaa Avhrr Data For Assessment Of The Urban Heat Island Effect, K. P. Gallo, A. L. Mcnab, T. R. Karl, J. F. Brown, J. J. Hood, J.D. Tarpley
The Use Of Noaa Avhrr Data For Assessment Of The Urban Heat Island Effect, K. P. Gallo, A. L. Mcnab, T. R. Karl, J. F. Brown, J. J. Hood, J.D. Tarpley
Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies: Publications
A vegetation index and a radiative surface temperature were derived from satellite data acquired at approximately 1330 LST for each of 37 cities and for their respective nearby rural regions from 28 June through 8 August 1991. Urban-rural differences for the vegetation index and the surface temperatures were computed and then compared to observed urban-rural differences in minimum air temperatures. The purpose of these comparisons was to evaluate the use of satellite data to assess the influence of the urban environment on observed minimum air temperatures (the urban heat island effect). The temporal consistency of the data, from daily data …