Downscaling Land Surface Temperature in an Urban Area: A Case Study for Hamburg, Germany

Monitoring of (surface) urban heat islands (UHI) is possible through satellite remote sensing of the land surface temperature (LST). Previous UHI studies are based on medium and high spatial resolution images, which are in the best-case scenario available about four times per day. This is not adequa...

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Main Authors: Gholamali Hoshyaripour, Klemen Zakšek, Benjamin Bechtel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-10-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/4/10/3184