Landscape configuration and urban heat island effects: Assessing the relationship between landscape characteristics and land surface temperature in Phoenix, Arizona

• Main Authors: CONNORS, John Patrick, GALLETTI, Christopher S., CHOW, Winston T. L.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: Remote sensing; Urban temperature; ASTER temperature; Quickbird; CAP-LTER; Physical and Environmental Geography; Place and Environment
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3038; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4295/viewcontent/Landscape_Ecology_AV.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The structure of urban environments is known to alter local climate, in part due to changes in land cover. A growing subset of research focuses specifically on the UHI in terms of land surface temperature by using data from remote sensing platforms. Past research has established a clear relationship...