Surface Heat Balance Analysis of Tainan City on March 6, 2001 Using ASTER and Formosat-2 Data
The urban heat island phenomenon occurs as a mixed result of anthropogenic heat discharge, decreased vegetation, and increased artificial impervious surfaces. To clarify the contribution of each factor to the urban heat island, it is necessary to evaluate the surface heat balance. Satellite remote s...
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| author | Chen-Yi Sun Cheng-Chien Liu Yasushi Yamaguchi Soushi Kato |
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| description | The urban heat island phenomenon occurs as a mixed result of anthropogenic heat discharge, decreased vegetation, and increased artificial impervious surfaces. To clarify the contribution of each factor to the urban heat island, it is necessary to evaluate the surface heat balance. Satellite remote sensing data of Tainan City, Taiwan, obtained from Terra ASTER and Formosat-2 were used to estimate surface heat balance in this study. ASTER data is suitable for analyzing heat balance because of the wide spectral range. We used Formosat-2 multispectral data to classify the land surface, which was used to interpolate some surface parameters for estimating heat fluxes. Because of the high spatial resolution of the Formosat-2 image, more roads, open spaces and small vegetation areas could be distinguished from buildings in urban areas; however, misclassifications of land cover in such areas using ASTER data would overestimate the sensible heat flux. On the other hand, the small vegetated areas detected from the Formosat-2 image slightly increased the estimation of latent heat flux. As a result, the storage heat flux derived from Formosat-2 is higher than that derived from ASTER data in most areas. From these results, we can conclude that the higher resolution land coverage map increases accuracy of the heat balance analysis. Storage heat flux occupies about 60 to 80% of the net radiation in most of the artificial surface areas in spite of their usages. Because of the homogeneity of the building roof materials, there is no contrast between the storage heat flux in business and residential areas. In sparsely vegetated urban areas, more heat is stored and latent heat is smaller than that in the forested suburbs. This result implies that density of vegetation has a significant influence in decreasing temperatures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0ddf463006af43b0bad5db0f6d2ce6332022-12-22T02:55:19ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202008-09-01896026604410.3390/s8096026Surface Heat Balance Analysis of Tainan City on March 6, 2001 Using ASTER and Formosat-2 DataChen-Yi SunCheng-Chien LiuYasushi YamaguchiSoushi KatoThe urban heat island phenomenon occurs as a mixed result of anthropogenic heat discharge, decreased vegetation, and increased artificial impervious surfaces. To clarify the contribution of each factor to the urban heat island, it is necessary to evaluate the surface heat balance. Satellite remote sensing data of Tainan City, Taiwan, obtained from Terra ASTER and Formosat-2 were used to estimate surface heat balance in this study. ASTER data is suitable for analyzing heat balance because of the wide spectral range. We used Formosat-2 multispectral data to classify the land surface, which was used to interpolate some surface parameters for estimating heat fluxes. Because of the high spatial resolution of the Formosat-2 image, more roads, open spaces and small vegetation areas could be distinguished from buildings in urban areas; however, misclassifications of land cover in such areas using ASTER data would overestimate the sensible heat flux. On the other hand, the small vegetated areas detected from the Formosat-2 image slightly increased the estimation of latent heat flux. As a result, the storage heat flux derived from Formosat-2 is higher than that derived from ASTER data in most areas. From these results, we can conclude that the higher resolution land coverage map increases accuracy of the heat balance analysis. Storage heat flux occupies about 60 to 80% of the net radiation in most of the artificial surface areas in spite of their usages. Because of the homogeneity of the building roof materials, there is no contrast between the storage heat flux in business and residential areas. In sparsely vegetated urban areas, more heat is stored and latent heat is smaller than that in the forested suburbs. This result implies that density of vegetation has a significant influence in decreasing temperatures.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/8/9/6026/ASTERFormosat-2land surface classificationstorage heat flux |
| spellingShingle | Chen-Yi Sun Cheng-Chien Liu Yasushi Yamaguchi Soushi Kato Surface Heat Balance Analysis of Tainan City on March 6, 2001 Using ASTER and Formosat-2 Data Sensors ASTER Formosat-2 land surface classification storage heat flux |
| title | Surface Heat Balance Analysis of Tainan City on March 6, 2001 Using ASTER and Formosat-2 Data |
| title_full | Surface Heat Balance Analysis of Tainan City on March 6, 2001 Using ASTER and Formosat-2 Data |
| title_fullStr | Surface Heat Balance Analysis of Tainan City on March 6, 2001 Using ASTER and Formosat-2 Data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Surface Heat Balance Analysis of Tainan City on March 6, 2001 Using ASTER and Formosat-2 Data |
| title_short | Surface Heat Balance Analysis of Tainan City on March 6, 2001 Using ASTER and Formosat-2 Data |
| title_sort | surface heat balance analysis of tainan city on march 6 2001 using aster and formosat 2 data |
| topic | ASTER Formosat-2 land surface classification storage heat flux |
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