contributor author | Voogt, J. A. | |
contributor author | Oke, T. R. | |
date accessioned | 2017-06-09T14:06:22Z | |
date available | 2017-06-09T14:06:22Z | |
date copyright | 1997/09/01 | |
date issued | 1997 | |
identifier issn | 0894-8763 | |
identifier other | ams-12521.pdf | |
identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4147870 | |
description abstract | An observation program using ground and airborne thermal infrared radiometers is used to estimate the surface temperature of urban areas, taking into account the total active surface area. The authors call this the complete urban surface temperature. This temperature is not restricted by the viewing biases inherent in remote sensors used to estimate surface temperature over rough surfaces such as cities. Two methods to estimate the complete surface temperature are presented. Results for three different land-use areas in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, show significant differences exist between the complete, nadir, and off-nadir airborne estimates of urban surface temperature during daytime. For the sites and times studied, the complete surface temperature is shown to agree with airborne off-nadir estimates of the apparent surface temperature of the most shaded walls. Some implications of using the complete surface temperature to estimate screen level air temperature and to calculate surface sensible heat flux are given. | |
publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
title | Complete Urban Surface Temperatures | |
type | Journal Paper | |
journal volume | 36 | |
journal issue | 9 | |
journal title | Journal of Applied Meteorology | |
identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<1117:CUST>2.0.CO;2 | |
journal fristpage | 1117 | |
journal lastpage | 1132 | |
tree | Journal of Applied Meteorology:;1997:;volume( 036 ):;issue: 009 | |
contenttype | Fulltext | |