Thermal remote sensing of urban climates

The energetic basis of the urban heat island

Oke, T. R. (1982) · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · doi:10.1002/qj.49710845502 · Cited by 4,670

Exploring pathways linking greenspace to health: theoretical and methodological guidance

Markevych, I., Schoierer, J., Hartig, T., Chudnovsky, A., Hystad, P., Dzhambov, A. M., de Vries, S., Triguero-Mas, M., Brauer, M., Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J., et al. (2017) · Environmental Research · doi:10.1016/j.envres.2017.06.028 · Cited by 2,543

Strong contributions of local background climate to urban heat islands

Zhao, L., Lee, X., Smith, R. B., & Oleson, K. (2014) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature13462 · Cited by 1,577

Surface Urban Heat Island Across 419 Global Big Cities

Peng, S., Piao, S., Ciais, P., Friedlingstein, P., Ottle, C., Bréon, F.-M., Nan, H., Zhou, L., & Myneni, R. B. (2012) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/es2030438 · Cited by 1,456

Using advanced cool materials in the urban built environment to mitigate heat islands and improve thermal comfort conditions

Santamouris, M., Synnefa, A., & Karlessi, T. (2011) · Solar Energy · doi:10.1016/j.solener.2010.12.023 · Cited by 970

Critical review on the cooling effect of urban blue-green space: A threshold-size perspective

Yu, Z., Yang, G., Zuo, S., Jørgensen, G., Koga, M., & Vejre, H. (2020) · Urban Forestry & Urban Greening · doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2020.126630 · Cited by 700

Urban thermal environment dynamics and associated landscape pattern factors: A case study in the Beijing metropolitan region

Peng, J., Xie, P., Liu, Y., & Ma, J. (2016) · Remote Sensing of Environment · doi:10.1016/j.rse.2015.11.027 · Cited by 603

MODIS detected surface urban heat islands and sinks: Global locations and controls

Clinton, N., & Gong, P. (2013) · Remote Sensing of Environment · doi:10.1016/j.rse.2013.03.008 · Cited by 521

Validation of Collection 6 MODIS land surface temperature product using in situ measurements

Duan, S.-B., Li, Z.-L., Li, H., Göttsche, F.-M., Wu, H., Zhao, W., Leng, P., Zhang, X., & Coll, C. (2019) · Remote Sensing of Environment · doi:10.1016/j.rse.2019.02.020 · Cited by 442

Disaggregation of remotely sensed land surface temperature: Literature survey, taxonomy, issues, and caveats

Zhan, W., Chen, Y., Zhou, J., Wang, J., Liu, W., Voogt, J., Zhu, X., Quan, J., & Li, J. (2013) · Remote Sensing of Environment · doi:10.1016/j.rse.2012.12.014 · Cited by 371

Is everyone hot in the city? Spatial pattern of land surface temperatures, land cover and neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics in Baltimore, MD

Huang, G., Zhou, W., & Cadenasso, M. L. (2011) · Journal of Environmental Management · doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.02.006 · Cited by 299

A spatially explicit surface urban heat island database for the United States: Characterization, uncertainties, and possible applications

Chakraborty, T., Hsu, A., Manya, D., & Sheriff, G. (2020) · ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing · doi:10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2020.07.021 · Cited by 201

A review of earth surface thermal radiation directionality observing and modeling: Historical development, current status and perspectives

Cao, B., Liu, Q., Du, Y., Roujean, J.-L., Gastellu-Etchegorry, J.-P., Trigo, I. F., Zhan, W., Yu, Y., Cheng, J., Jacob, F., et al. (2019) · Remote Sensing of Environment · doi:10.1016/j.rse.2019.111304 · Cited by 196

The socio-spatial dynamics of extreme urban heat events: The case of heat-related deaths in Philadelphia

Johnson, D. P., & Wilson, J. S. (2009) · Applied Geography · doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2008.11.004 · Cited by 182

Evidence for the temperature-mitigating capacity of urban blue space—A health geographic perspective

Völker, S., Baumeister, H., Claßen, T., Hornberg, C., & Kistemann, T. (2013) · Erdkunde · doi:10.3112/erdkunde.2013.04.05 · Cited by 170

High-resolution urban thermal sharpener (HUTS)

Dominguez, A., Kleissl, J., Luvall, J. C., & Rickman, D. L. (2011) · Remote Sensing of Environment · doi:10.1016/j.rse.2011.03.008 · Cited by 165

Socioeconomic indicators of heat-related health risk supplemented with remotely sensed data

Johnson, D. P., Wilson, J. S., & Luber, G. C. (2009) · International Journal of Health Geographics · doi:10.1186/1476-072x-8-57 · Cited by 145

Diurnal and seasonal trends and associated determinants of surface urban heat islands in large Bangladesh cities

Dewan, A., Kiselev, G., & Botje, D. (2021) · Applied Geography · doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2021.102533 · Cited by 109

Changes in urbanization and urban heat island effect in Dhaka city

Uddin, A. S. M. S., Khan, N., Islam, A. R. M. T., Kamruzzaman, M., & Shahid, S. (2022) · Theoretical and Applied Climatology · doi:10.1007/s00704-021-03872-x · Cited by 75

Hyperspectral imagery for disaggregation of land surface temperature with selected regression algorithms over different land use land cover scenes

Ghosh, A., & Joshi, P. K. (2014) · ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing · doi:10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2014.07.003 · Cited by 69

Global comparison of diverse scaling factors and regression models for downscaling Landsat-8 thermal data

Dong, P., Gao, L., Zhan, W., Liu, Z., Li, J., Lai, J., Li, H., Huang, F., Tamang, S. K., & Zhao, L. (2020) · ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing · doi:10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2020.08.018 · Cited by 52

Effects of rapid urbanisation on the urban thermal environment between 1990 and 2011 in Dhaka Megacity, Bangladesh

Trotter, L., Department of Spatial Sciences, C. U., Dewan, A., & Robinson, T. (2017) · AIMS Environmental Science · doi:10.3934/environsci.2017.1.145 · Cited by 45

A novel surface energy balance-based approach to land surface temperature downscaling

Firozjaei, M. K., Mijani, N., Kiavarz, M., Duan, S.-B., Atkinson, P. M., & Alavipanah, S. K. (2024) · Remote Sensing of Environment · doi:10.1016/j.rse.2024.114087 · Cited by 42

Spatio-temporal analysis of land surface temperature variations in the rapidly developing Akure and its environs, southwestern Nigeria using Landsat data

Ibitoye, M. O., Aderibigbe, O. G., Adegboyega, S. A., & Adebola, A. O. (2017) · Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management · doi:10.4314/ejesm.v10i3.9 · Cited by 9