Quantifying Surface Urban Heat Island Formation in the World Heritage Tropical Mountain City of Sri Lanka

Presently, the urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon, and its adverse impacts, are becoming major research foci in various interrelated fields due to rapid changes in urban ecological environments. Various cities have been investigated in previous studies, and most of the findings have facilitated the...

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Main Authors: Manjula Ranagalage, DMSLB Dissanayake, Yuji Murayama, Xinmin Zhang, Ronald C. Estoque, ENC Perera, Takehiro Morimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/7/9/341