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Comparison of impervious surface area and normalized difference vegetation index as indicators of surface urban heat island effects in Landsat imagery
Remote Sensing of Environment · 2006 · Vol. 106(3) · pp. 375–386
Fei Yuan✉(Minnesota State University, Mankato)Marvin E. Bauer(Minnesota Department of Natural Resources)
Urban Heat Island MitigationLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesRemote Sensing and Land UseImpervious surfaceThematic MapperNormalized Difference Vegetation IndexUrban heat islandRemote sensingEnvironmental scienceVegetation (pathology)Satellite imageryEnhanced vegetation indexVegetation Index
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