Assessment of Surface Urban Heat Island in Three Cities Surrounded by Different Types of Land-Cover Using Satellite Images

Assessment of Surface Urban Heat Island in Three Cities Surrounded by Different Types of Land-Cover Using Satellite Images

Land-cover change is the main factor of Land Surface Temperature (LST) variation in urban areas. The temperature of man-made classes within cities is normally higher than natural classes in the surrounding areas which leads to the Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon. In this study, LST maps of three...

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Published in:Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing Vol. 46; no. 7; pp. 1013 - 1022
Main Authors: Sherafati, Shahabeddin, Saradjian, M. R., Rabbani, Amirhossein
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New Delhi Springer India 01-07-2018
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Annual variations
Cities
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Image resolution
Land cover
Land surface temperature
Land use
Landsat
Landsat satellites
Remote sensing
Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry
Research Article
Satellite imagery
Synchronism
Urban areas
Urban heat islands
Satellite images
Urban climate
Urban heat island
Thermal inertia
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Summary:Land-cover change is the main factor of Land Surface Temperature (LST) variation in urban areas. The temperature of man-made classes within cities is normally higher than natural classes in the surrounding areas which leads to the Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon. In this study, LST maps of three cities (i.e. Paris, Riyadh and Manama) are analyzed to investigate how SUHI reacts in different cities. The SUHI intensity during summer and winter is also assessed to understand the seasonal changes of SUHI. The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) images have been used as the main data source for investigating temperature variability in the urban areas. However, in order to define different types of land-cover and correlate those with AVHRR pixel values, one of Landsat sensors have also been used in each case. These include Thematic Mapper, Enhanced Thematic Mapper or Operational Land Imager, depending on their synchronization with the AVHRR images. The analysis of the temperature variation showed that the behavior of SUHI is not the same in different cities and is dependent on the land-covers surrounding the city.
ISSN:0255-660X
0974-3006
DOI:10.1007/s12524-017-0725-3