SPATIAL VARIATION OF URBAN HEAT ISLAND INTENSITY IN URBAN CITIES USING MODIS SATELLITE DATA

Urban Heat Island (UHI) refers to the occurrence of higher temperatures in urban areas than the neighbouring rural areas. The neighbouring land cover also has some influence on the urban temperatures. The present study focuses on the UHI effect observed in four different cities i.e. Bikaner, Hyderab...

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Main Authors: R. Bala, R. Prasad, V. P. Yadav, J. Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2019-10-01
Series:The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Online Access:https://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XLII-4-W16/147/2019/isprs-archives-XLII-4-W16-147-2019.pdf