Climate–vegetation control on the diurnal and seasonal variations of surface urban heat islands in China

Remotely sensed surface urban heat islands (UHIs) have gained considerable interest in recent decades due to the easy access and the wall-to-wall coverage of satellite products. The magnitude or intensity of surface UHIs have been well documented at regional and global scales, yet a systematic evalu...

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Main Authors: Decheng Zhou, Liangxia Zhang, Dan Li, Dian Huang, Chao Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/7/074009