Monitoring Urban Environment and Temperature Change Using Remote Sensing
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Urban Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 April 2025 | Viewed by 50
Special Issue Editors
Interests: remote sensing; land change; urban; urban heat island
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Interests: ecology; climate; remote sensing
Interests: ecology; remote sensing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Remote sensing has been used in a wide range of Earth science research and applications. Satellite observations have routinely provide data that can be used to monitor and measure surface land cover and temperature changes. With recent advances in remote sensing technologies, multiple remote sensing sensors such as VIIRS, MODIS, Landsat, ECOSTRESS, and others on geostationary satellites continue to provide optical and TIR data to the science community. Moreover, advancement in machine learning and other novel modelling algorithms have allowed for greater ability to link satellite-derived data with airborne and terrestrial-based sensors to examine spatial and temporal patterns in urban heat exposure and land cover change. This Special Issue invites manuscripts that focus on using remote sensing data to monitor urban land cover, surface temperature, and their changes. Papers focusing on the utility of these data and other high-resolution images including Sentinel, WorldView, and PlanetScope in assessing the current and historical urban land cover, urban thermal condition, and surface urban heat island change will be most welcome.
This special issue aligns with Remote Sensing’s scope to publish research papers, reviews, technical notes, and communications covering all aspects of remote sensing science, from sensor design and validation/calibration to its application in geosciences, environmental sciences, ecology, and civil engineering. Our aim is to publish novel/improved methods/approaches and/or algorithms of remote sensing to benefit the community.
This Special Issue focuses on themes including urban environment, urban land cover and change, urban heat island, and climate.
Dr. George Xian
Dr. Peter Ibsen
Prof. Dr. Xiangming Xiao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- urban
- land cover
- surface temperature
- urban thermal environment
- urban heat island
- urban climate
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