A Comparison of Multiple Datasets for Monitoring Thermal Time in Urban Areas over the U.S. Upper Midwest

Traditional studies of urban climate used air temperature observations from local urban/rural weather stations in order to analyze the general pattern of higher temperatures in urban areas compared with corresponding rural regions, also known as the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. More recently, sat...

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Main Authors: Cole Krehbiel, Geoffrey M. Henebry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-03-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/8/4/297