The use of remote sensing in soil and terrain map**—A review

VL Mulder, S De Bruin, ME Schaepman, TR Mayr - Geoderma, 2011 - Elsevier
This article reviews the use of optical and microwave remote sensing data for soil and terrain
map** with emphasis on applications at regional and coarser scales. Remote sensing is …

Remote sensing of earth's energy budget: Synthesis and review

S Liang, D Wang, T He, Y Yu - International Journal of Digital Earth, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The Earth's climate is largely determined by its energy budget. Since the 1960s, satellite
remote sensing has been used in estimating these energy budget components at both the …

[HTML][HTML] Retrieval of land surface temperature, normalized difference moisture index, normalized difference water index of the Ravi basin using Landsat data

AK Taloor, DS Manhas, GC Kothyari - Applied Computing and Geosciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Land surface temperature (LST) is an important parameter for the biosphere, cryosphere,
and climate change studies. In this study, we estimate LST, NDMI, and NDWI over the Ravi …

Downscaling land surface temperatures at regional scales with random forest regression

C Hutengs, M Vohland - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Environmental monitoring with satellite data is facilitated by frequent observations at a fine
spatial scale. As land surface temperature (LST) is one environmental key variable, we …

Use of NDVI and land surface temperature for drought assessment: Merits and limitations

A Karnieli, N Agam, RT Pinker, M Anderson… - Journal of …, 2010 - journals.ametsoc.org
A large number of water-and climate-related applications, such as drought monitoring, are
based on spaceborne-derived relationships between land surface temperature (LST) and …

Influence of land cover change on spatio-temporal distribution of urban heat island—a case in Wuhan main urban area

H Chen, Q Deng, Z Zhou, Z Ren, X Shan - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the relationship between land cover (LC) characteristics and urban heat island
(UHI) intensity in the main urban area of Wuhan City are investigated. The effects of LC …

Land use/land cover changes dynamics and their effects on surface urban heat island in Bucharest, Romania

G Grigoraș, B Urițescu - … Journal of Applied Earth Observation and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The aim of the paper is to examine and analyze the long-term spatial dynamics of LULC
(Land Use/Land Cover) and the impact of their changes on the SUHI (Surface Urban Heat …

Retrieving surface soil moisture at high spatio-temporal resolution from a synergy between Sentinel-1 radar and Landsat thermal data: A study case over bare soil

A Amazirh, O Merlin, S Er-Raki, Q Gao… - Remote sensing of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Radar data have been used to retrieve and monitor the surface soil moisture (SM) changes
in various conditions. However, the calibration of radar models whether empirically or …

A global comparison between station air temperatures and MODIS land surface temperatures reveals the cooling role of forests

DJ Mildrexler, M Zhao… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Most global temperature analyses are based on station air temperatures. This study
presents a global analysis of the relationship between remotely sensed annual maximum …

Simulation of future land surface temperature distribution and evaluating surface urban heat island based on impervious surface area

A Sekertekin, E Zadbagher - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aims to simulate the future form of Land Surface Temperature (LST) distribution
and Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI) evaluation based on the impervious surface area. For …