Abstract
Two Landsat scenes (acquired on May 21, 1986 and May 19, 2000) were used to examine differences in surface temperature inside and outside the city of Abu Dhabi, and to examine a potential relationship between vegetation abundance and drop in temperatures. Land cover maps of Abu Dhabi city and its surroundings spanning the period 1986 - 2000 are created using multispectral classification. Vegetation abundance maps using the vegetation fraction index and surface temperature maps from Landsat are created to study their spatial relationships using GIS based multivariate statistical analysis. Differences in surface temperature between urban areas and their non-urban surroundings are also studied to assess any UHI effect. A map showing the magnitude of UHI effect is created and linked to the vegetation abundance map. Results show that the UHI effect in major UAE urban centers is minimal. However, more investigation is needed to confirm this hypothesis for other cities in the country. Copyright
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 34th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2013, ACRS 2013 |
| Publisher | Asian Association on Remote Sensing |
| Pages | 2175-2182 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781629939100 |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 1 2013 |
| Event | 34th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2013, ACRS 2013 - Bali, Indonesia Duration: Oct 20 2013 → Oct 24 2013 |
Publication series
| Name | 34th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2013, ACRS 2013 |
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| Volume | 3 |
Other
| Other | 34th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2013, ACRS 2013 |
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| Country/Territory | Indonesia |
| City | Bali |
| Period | 10/20/13 → 10/24/13 |
Keywords
- GIS
- LST
- Remote sensing
- UAE
- UHI
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Networks and Communications