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Mapping the Surface Urban Heat Island effect using the Landsat Surface Temperature Product

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https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10282386

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Abstract

Urban development and associated land cover and land use change alter the thermal, hydrological, and physical properties of the land surface. Urban areas usually exhibit relatively warmer air and surface temperatures than surrounding non-urban lands, a phenomenon recognized as Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI). As urban areas continue to develop and the climate continues to warm, it has become increasingly important to quantify and map the SUHI effect and learn how to mitigate it. To help meet the expanding need of analysis ready data for SUHI based studies, a methodology was developed to evaluate Land Surface Temperature (LST) using the Landsat Collection 1 Provisional Surface Temperature Science Product. The Landsat derived LST products were processed for 50 major cities throughout the Conterminous U.S. The SUHI product package includes per-pixel annual surface temperature, annual intensity, annual hotspot, and hotspot probability bands from 1985 to 2020.

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Publication type Conference Paper
Publication Subtype Conference Paper
Title Mapping the Surface Urban Heat Island effect using the Landsat Surface Temperature Product
DOI 10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10282386
Year Published 2023
Language English
Publisher IEEE
Contributing office(s) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
Description 4 p.
Larger Work Type Book
Larger Work Subtype Conference publication
Larger Work Title IGARSS 2023 - 2023 IEEE international geoscience and remote sensing symposium
First page 441
Last page 444
Conference Title IGARSS 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Conference Location Pasadena, CA
Conference Date July 16-21, 2023
Country United States
Other Geospatial Conterminous United States
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