Urban thermal micro-mapping using satellite imagery and ground-truth measurements: Kyiv city area case study

• Main Authors: Piestova, Iryna, Lubskyi, Mykola, Svideniuk, Mykhailo, Golubov, Stanislav, Laptiev, Oleksandr
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Scientific Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth Institute of Geological Science National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine 2019
• Subjects: city thermal regime; land surface temperature; thermal radiation emissivity; time series; городской тепловой режим; температура земной поверхности; коэффициент теплового излучения; временные ряды; тепловий режим міста; температура земної поверхні; коефіцієнт теплового випромінювання; часові ряди
• Online Access: https://ujrs.org.ua/ujrs/article/view/149

The aim of this research is to enhance approaches existing for the assessment of cities thermal conditions under climate change impact by using multispectral satellite data for Kyiv city area. This paper describes the method and results of the Earth’s surface temperature (LST) and thermal emissivity...