Nocturnal Surface Urban Heat Island over Greater Cairo: Spatial Morphology, Temporal Trends and Links to Land-Atmosphere Influences

Nocturnal Surface Urban Heat Island over Greater Cairo: Spatial Morphology, Temporal Trends and Links to Land-Atmosphere Influences

This study assesses the spatial and temporal characteristics of nighttime surface urban heat island (SUHI) effects over Greater Cairo: the largest metropolitan area in Africa. This study employed nighttime land surface temperature (LST) data at 1 km resolution from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Sp...

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Main Authors: Ahmed M. El Kenawy, Mohamed Hereher, Sayed M. Robaa, Matthew F. McCabe, Juan I. Lopez-Moreno, Fernando Domínguez-Castro, Islam M. Gaber, Talal Al-Awadhi, Ali Al-Buloshi, Noura Al Nasiri, Salim Al-Hatrushi, Petra-Manuela Schuwerack, Dhais Peña-Angulo, Mohamed M. Abdelaal, Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-11-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
urban climate
surface albedo
IST
NDVI
land use
greater Cairo
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/23/3889

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