@inproceedings{b292865937184b5d9483915ee43aea99,
title = "A RS&GIS based analysis of the impact of green area expansion on land surface temperature in Abu Dhabi city, United Arab Emirates",
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",
keywords = "GIS, LST, Remote sensing, UAE, UHI",
author = "Salem Issa and Nazmi Saleous",
year = "2013",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781629939100",
series = "34th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2013, ACRS 2013",
publisher = "Asian Association on Remote Sensing",
pages = "2175--2182",
booktitle = "34th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2013, ACRS 2013",
note = "34th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2013, ACRS 2013 ; Conference date: 20-10-2013 Through 24-10-2013",
}