Remote sensing of diverse urban environments: From the single city to multiple cities

G Chen, Y Zhou, JA Voogt, EC Stokes - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Remote sensing of urban environments has unveiled a significant shift from single-city
investigations to the inclusion of multiple cities. Originated from the ideas of the Remote …

Co-occurrence of urban heat and the COVID-19: Impacts, drivers, methods, and implications for the post-pandemic era

W Wang, BJ He - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Cities, the main place of human settlements, are under various mega challenges such as
climate change, population increase, economic growth, urbanization, and pandemic …

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 …

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Y Chang, J ** of urban thermal anisotropy reveals substantial potential biases for remotely sensed urban climates
H Du, W Zhan, Z Liu, ES Krayenhoff, TC Chakraborty… - Science Bulletin, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Urban thermal anisotropy (UTA) drastically impacts satellite-derived urban surface
temperatures and fluxes, and consequently makes it difficult to gain a more comprehensive …

Satellite clear‐sky observations overestimate surface urban heat islands in humid cities

Q Yang, Y Xu, D Wen, T Hu… - Geophysical …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Satellite‐based thermal infrared (TIR) land surface temperature (LST) is hindered by cloud
cover and is applicable solely under clear‐sky conditions for estimating surface urban heat …

Influence of urban extent discrepancy on the estimation of surface urban heat island intensity: A global-scale assessment in 892 cities

Q Yang, Y Xu, X Tong, T Hu, Y Liu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The estimation of surface urban heat island intensity (SUHII) is crucial for studying the urban
thermal environment, which is influenced not only by the commonly known definition of rural …

Role of local climate zones and urban ventilation in canopy urban heat island–heatwave interaction in Nan**g megacity, China

W Tian, Y Yang, L Wang, L Zong, Y Zhang, D Liu - Urban Climate, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Different local climate zones (LCZs) and wind speeds (WSs) increase the uncertainties
related to canopy urban heat island (CUHI), heat waves (HWs), and their interactions …