Heat waves and urban heat islands in Europe: A review of relevant drivers

K Ward, S Lauf, B Kleinschmit, W Endlicher - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
The climate change and the proceeding urbanization create future health challenges.
Consequently, more people around the globe will be impaired by extreme weather events …

Estimating air surface temperature in Portugal using MODIS LST data

A Benali, AC Carvalho, JP Nunes, N Carvalhais… - Remote Sensing of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Air surface temperature (Tair) is an important parameter for a wide range of applications
such as vector-borne disease bionomics, hydrology and climate change studies. Air …

Exploring indicators for quantifying surface urban heat islands of European cities with MODIS land surface temperatures

N Schwarz, S Lautenbach, R Seppelt - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2011 - Elsevier
The term urban heat island describes the phenomenon of altered temperatures in urban
areas compared to their rural hinterlands. A surface urban heat island encompasses the …

Widespread race and class disparities in surface urban heat extremes across the United States

SA Benz, JA Burney - Earth's Future, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Here we use remotely sensed land surface temperature measurements to explore the
distribution of the United States' urban heating burden, both at high resolution (within cities …

Relationship of land surface and air temperatures and its implications for quantifying urban heat island indicators—An application for the city of Leipzig (Germany)

N Schwarz, U Schlink, U Franck, K Großmann - Ecological indicators, 2012 - Elsevier
Urban heat islands (UHIs) describe the phenomenon of altered temperatures that occur in
urban areas when compared to their rural surroundings. UHIs influence human well-being …

Evaluation of MODIS land surface temperature data to estimate air temperature in different ecosystems over Africa

C Vancutsem, P Ceccato, T Dinku, SJ Connor - Remote Sensing of …, 2010 - Elsevier
The estimation of near surface air temperature (Ta) is useful for a wide range of applications
such as agriculture, climate related diseases and climate change studies. Air temperature is …

Estimation of daily maximum and minimum air temperature using MODIS land surface temperature products

W Zhu, A Lű, S Jia - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2013 - Elsevier
Accurate estimation of spatially distributed air temperature (Ta) is useful for a wide range of
disciplines such as hydrology, meteorology and ecology. Moderate Resolution Imaging …

Deep learning-based air temperature mapping by fusing remote sensing, station, simulation and socioeconomic data

H Shen, Y Jiang, T Li, Q Cheng, C Zeng… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Air temperature (Ta) is an essential climatological component that controls and influences
various earth surface processes. In this study, we make the first attempt to employ deep …

Improved modeling of snow and glacier melting by a progressive two‐stage calibration strategy with GRACE and multisource data: How snow and glacier meltwater …

X Chen, D Long, Y Hong, C Zeng… - Water Resources …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Snow and glacier melting and accumulation are important processes of the hydrological
cycle in the cryosphere, eg, high‐mountain areas. Glaciers and snow cover respond to …

The relationship between urban form and heat island intensity along the urban development gradients

Z Liang, S Wu, Y Wang, F Wei, J Huang, J Shen… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
There is an increasing demand for urban form optimization to mitigate urban heat island
(UHI) effect under the background of global climate change and urbanization. However …