Exploring the Impacts and Temporal Variations of Different Building Roof Types on Surface Urban Heat Island

This study examined the impact of different types of building roofs on urban heat islands. This was carried out using building roof data from remotely sensed Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) and Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) imagery. The roofs captured included white surface, blue steel, dar...

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Main Authors: Yingbin Deng, Renrong Chen, Yichun Xie, Jianhui Xu, Ji Yang, Wenyue Liao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/14/2840