Remote sensing of the urban heat island effect across biomes in the continental USA
Remote sensing of the urban heat island effect across biomes in the continental USA
M. Imhoff,Ping Zhang,R. Wolfe,L. Bounoua
2010 · DOI: 10.1016/J.RSE.2009.10.008
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TLDR
It is found that the ecological context and settlement size significantly influence the amplitude of summer daytime UHI and in desert environments, the LST's response to ISA presents an uncharacteristic “U-shaped” horizontal gradient and points to a possible heat sink effect.