Thisbookdevelopedasystematicresearchframeworkfollowingtheoutlineof“retrievinglandsurfacetemperature(LST)describingthespatio-temporalpatterns”revealingtheassociatedfactors”andsimulatingtheresponsetourbanexpansion”.Itprovidedanin-depthcomprehensiveunderstandingaboutthevariationsandassociatedfactorsofUHI”enrichedknowledgeontheUHIandprovidedreferencestomitigateUHIeffectinChina.
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
ABBREVIATIONS
CHAPTER 1 BAISIC CONCEPT 1
1.1 Urban Heat Island 1
1.2 Research objectives,contents and significances 6
1.3 Research approach 8
1.4 Book structure 12
CHAPTER 2 Research Framework 15
2.1 Overview of UHI phenomenon 15
2.2 LST retrieval for SUHI studies 18
2.3 UHI studies 21
2.4 Overview of previous UHI studies 25
2.5 Research problems in previous UHI studies 28
2.6 Research directions and breakthrough points in this book 30
2.7 Summary 34
CHAPTER 3 HIGH SPATIO-TEMPORAL RESOLUTION LST PREDICTION FOR INTRA-CITY SUHI STUDIES 36
3.1 Spatio-temporal image fusion model for predicting LST 36
3.2 Data and methodology 40
3.3 Results and discussion 43
3.4 Summary 48
CHAPTER 4 SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LST AND NDVI IN BEIJING CITY 50
4.1 Study area and Data 50
4.2 Methodology 51
4.3 Results and discussion 53
4.4 Summary 55
CHAPTER 5 SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION IN SUHII AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS ACROSS MAJOR CHINESE CITIES 57
5.1 Study area and data 57
5.2 Methodology 61
5.3 Results and discussion 68
5.4 Summary 81
CHAPTER 6 RESPONSE OF UHI TO FUTURE URBAN EXPANSION OVER THE BEIJING TIANJIN-HEBEI METROPOLITAN AREA 83
6.1 Study area and data 84
6.2 Methodology 87
6.3 Results and discussion 93
6.4 Summary 116
CHAPTER 7 Afterword 118
REFERENCES 126