Understanding the links between LULC changes and SUHI in cities: Insights from two-decadal studies (2001–2020)

A Derdouri, R Wang, Y Murayama, T Osaragi - Remote sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
An urban heat island (UHI) is a serious phenomenon associated with built environments and
presents threats to human health. It is projected that UHI intensity will rise to record levels in …

Change detection techniques based on multispectral images for investigating land cover dynamics

DR Panuju, DJ Paull, AL Griffin - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Satellite images provide an accurate, continuous, and synoptic view of seamless global
extent. Within the fields of remote sensing and image processing, land surface change …

[HTML][HTML] A standardized catalogue of spectral indices to advance the use of remote sensing in Earth system research

D Montero, C Aybar, MD Mahecha, F Martinuzzi… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Spectral Indices derived from multispectral remote sensing products are extensively used to
monitor Earth system dynamics (eg vegetation dynamics, water bodies, fire regimes). The …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal change detection of ecological quality and the associated affecting factors in Dongting Lake Basin, based on RSEI

B Yuan, L Fu, Y Zou, S Zhang, X Chen, F Li… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Maintaining optimal ecological security in Dongting Lake Basin is of great significance to
national projects of Yangtze River Economic Belt Construction and Yangtze River …

Optimizing local climate zones to mitigate urban heat island effect in human settlements

J Yang, Y Wang, C **u, X **ao, J **a, C ** - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization has caused radical changes in urban climates. As a result, issues
related to urban thermal environments have become more prominent. Finding a balance …

How to quantify the cooling effect of urban parks? Linking maximum and accumulation perspectives

J Peng, Y Dan, R Qiao, Y Liu, J Dong, J Wu - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban parks can significantly alleviate the urban heat island, an ecological issue caused by
urbanization. Clarifying urban park cooling effect can improve climate change adaptability …

Development of a global 30 m impervious surface map using multisource and multitemporal remote sensing datasets with the Google Earth Engine platform

X Zhang, L Liu, C Wu, X Chen, Y Gao… - Earth System …, 2020 - essd.copernicus.org
The amount of impervious surface is an important indicator in the monitoring of the intensity
of human activity and environmental change. The use of remote sensing techniques is the …

Prediction of ecological effects of potential population and impervious surface increases using a remote sensing based ecological index (RSEI)

H Xu, M Wang, T Shi, H Guan, C Fang, Z Lin - Ecological indicators, 2018 - Elsevier
The ecological impact of urban development and population increase is an area of
increasing relevance as human modification of the landscape continues unabated. The …

Spatiotemporal ecological vulnerability analysis with statistical correlation based on satellite remote sensing in Samara, Russia

MS Boori, K Choudhary, R Paringer… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the present global situation, when everywhere ecology is degraded due to the extreme
exhaustion of natural resources. Therefore spatiotemporal ecological vulnerability analysis …

Applying built-up and bare-soil indices from Landsat 8 to cities in dry climates

A Rasul, H Balzter, GRF Ibrahim, HM Hameed… - Land, 2018 - mdpi.com
Arid and semi-arid regions have different spectral characteristics from other climatic regions.
Therefore, appropriate remotely sensed indicators of land use and land cover types need to …