ECOSTRESS-Based Analysis of Diurnal Urban Heat Island Intensity and Thermal Dynamics Across LCZ in Six Chinese Cities With Diverse Terrain and Elevation

• Published in: IEEE journal of selected topics in applied earth observations and remote sensing Vol. 18; pp. 15236 - 15248
• Main Authors: Wang, Jiaqi, Cui, Xiaoyu, Zhao, Feng, Huang, Meiqi, Guo, Yuexia, Wang, Qirui, Shao, Bo, Tong, Yindong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 2025; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Altitude; Buildings; Cities; Climate; Climate adaptation; Ecosystem spaceborne thermal radiometer experiment on space station (ECOSTRESS); Elevation; Environmental risk; Heat; Heat sinks; Heat sources; Heterogeneity; High altitude; High-altitude environments; inter-LCZ differences; intra-LCZ differences; Inversions; Land surface; Land surface temperature; land surface temperature (LST); local climate zone (LCZ); Meteorology; Night; Ocean temperature; Patchiness; Remote sensing; Spatial heterogeneity; Spatiotemporal phenomena; Surface topography; Surface treatment; surface urban heat island intensity (SUHII); Temperature distribution; Terrain; Thermal pollution; Thermal stress; Thermodynamic properties; three steps of China’s terrain; Urban areas; Urban heat islands; Urban structures

Urban surface heterogeneity leads to significant variability in temperature distribution, complicating the measurement of surface urban heat island intensity (SUHII) and the development of thermal stress mitigation strategies. This study utilizes high spatiotemporal resolution thermal infrared remot...