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  <dc:contributor>Peter Christian Ibsen</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Priyanka deSouza</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Melissa R. McHale</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Logan Steinharter</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2026</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id="_mce_caret" data-mce-bogus="1" data-mce-type="format-caret"&gt;&lt;span&gt;The scale and magnitude of urban heating are often assessed using Satellite-Derived Land Surface Temperature (SD-LST). Yet, discrepancies in spatial resolution limit SD-LST’s ability to reflect pedestrian thermal experience, potentially leading to ineffective mitigation strategies. Hyper-local measurements of urban heat, defined as surface temperatures (T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sub&gt;S&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;) at the scale of pedestrian activity (e.g., bus stops or street segments), may provide more accurate insights into thermal comfort. This study compares hyper-local ~0.01 m resolution T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sub&gt;S&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;collected via consumer-grade Forward-Looking Infrared (FLIR) thermography with resampled 30 m resolution SD-LST from Landsat 8 and 9 images to evaluate their utility in predicting thermal comfort indices across 60 bus stops in Denver, Colorado. During the summer of 2023, 270 FLIR measurements were collected over 19 dates, with a four-day subset (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="html-italic"&gt;n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;= 33) coinciding with Landsat imagery. FLIR T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sub&gt;S&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;averaged 25.12 ± 5.39 °C, while SD-LST averaged 35.90 ± 12.56 °C, a significant 10.77 °C difference (95% CI: 6.81–14.73;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="html-italic"&gt;p&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt; 0.001). FLIR T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sub&gt;S&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;strongly correlated with biometeorological metrics such as air temperature and mean radiant temperature (r &amp;gt; 0.8;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="html-italic"&gt;p&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt; 0.001), while SD-LST correlations were weak (r &amp;lt; 0.3). Linear mixed-effects models using FLIR T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sub&gt;S&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;explained 50–66% of the variance in thermal comfort indices and met ISO 7726 standards. Each 1 °C increase in FLIR TS predicted a 0.75 °C rise in mean radiant temperature. These results highlight hyper-local thermography as a reliable, low-cost tool for urban heat resilience planning.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.3390/rs18020348</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>MDPI</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>The surface is not superficial: Utilizing hyper-local thermal photogrammetry for pedestrian thermal comfort inquiry</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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