Does the spatial arrangement of urban landscape matter? Examples of urban warming and cooling in Phoenix and Las Vegas

This study examines the impact of spatial landscape configuration (e.g., clustered, dispersed) on land-surface temperatures (LST) over Phoenix, Arizona, and Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. We classified detailed land-cover types via object-based image analysis (OBIA) using Geoeye-1 at 3-m resolution (Las Ve...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Ecosystem health and sustainability 2015-06, Vol.1 (4), p.1-15
Hauptverfasser:	Myint, Soe Win, Zheng, Baojuan, Talen, Emily, Fan, Chao, Kaplan, Shai, Middel, Ariane, Smith, Martin, Huang, Huei-Ping, Brazel, Anthony
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anthropogenic factors ASTER Configurations Data acquisition Daytime daytime temperatures, nighttime temperatures Grasses Green infrastructure Housing Human influences Image analysis Image processing Land surface temperature Las Vegas, Nevada, USA local Moran's I Night Nighttime Phoenix, Arizona, USA Residential development Soil dispersion Soils spatial autocorrelation spatial configuration Thermal emission Trees Urban environments urban landscape Vegetation
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