Surface warming in global cities is substantially more rapid than in rural background areas

Z Liu, W Zhan, B Bechtel, J Voogt, J Lai… - … Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
Warming trends in cities are influenced both by large-scale climate processes and by local-
scale urbanization. However, little is known about how surface warming trends of global …

Influence of non-urban reference delineation on trend estimate of surface urban heat island intensity: A comparison of seven methods

H Liu, B He, S Gao, Q Zhan, C Yang - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasing concern over urban heat mitigation creates an emerging necessity to track the
evolution of urban heat island intensity (UHII) to assess the effectiveness of existing plans in …

Characteristics of surface urban heat islands in global cities of different scales: Trends and drivers

X Deng, W Yu, J Shi, Y Huang, D Li, X He… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Given the increasing severity of the surface urban heat island (SUHI) phenomenon, urban
residents face heightened heat stress. Consequently, mitigating the effects of SUHI becomes …

Global distinct variations of surface urban heat islands in inter-and intra-cities revealed by local climate zones and seamless daily land surface temperature data

B Yuan, X Li, L Zhou, T Bai, T Hu, J Huang, D Liu… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The continuous dynamic of surface urban heat island (SUHI) effect is highly needed in urban
climate studies. However, temporal variations of SUHI intensity (SUHII) have been …

Classifying seasonal patterns of clear-sky surface urban heat island worldwide and investigating impacts from surface energy variations

K Li, D Lyu, Y Chen, J Jiang - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Variations and controls of surface urban heat island (SUHI) drawn great attention since its
close association with environmental issues and heat risk. However, three issues remained …

Remote sensing time series analysis: A review of data and applications

Y Fu, Z Zhu, L Liu, W Zhan, T He, H Shen… - Journal of Remote …, 2024 - spj.science.org
Remote sensing time series research and applications are advancing rapidly in land, ocean,
and atmosphere science, demonstrating emerging capabilities in space-based monitoring …

Characterizing the indicator-based, day-and-night, and climate-based variations in response of surface urban heat island during heat wave across global 561 cities

K Li, Y Chen - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasing surface urban heat island (SUHI) has been reported to be closely associated with
a large number of environmental issues. The response of SUHI during heat wave was …

An adaptive synchronous extraction (ASE) method for estimating intensity and footprint of surface urban heat islands: A case study of 254 North American cities

Q Yang, Y Xu, X Tong, X Huang, Y Liu… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The urban heat island (UHI) effect has attracted great attention due to its potential impacts
on rapidly growing urban areas. Using remotely sensed estimates of land surface …