How Are Land-Use/Land-Cover Indices and Daytime and Nighttime Land Surface Temperatures Related in Eleven Urban Centres in Different Global Climatic Zones?

• Published in: Land (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 8; p. 1312
• Main Authors: Li, Yuanzheng, Zhao, Zezhi, Xin, Yashu, Xu, Ao, Xie, Shuyan, Yan, Yi, Wang, Lan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.08.2022
• Subjects: Archives & records; Atmospheric temperature; China; Climate change; Climatic zones; Correlation; Correlation analysis; Daytime; Environmental aspects; Global climate; land; Land cover; Land surface temperature; land surface temperatures; Land use; land use and land cover maps; Landsat; Metropolitan areas; NDBaI; NDBI; NDVI; NDWI; Night; Nighttime; Optimization; Remote sensing; Seasonal variations; soil; Soil analysis; Soil water; Soils; spectral indices; Summer; Surface temperature; Thermal comfort; Thermal environments; Urban areas; Urban environments; Urbanization; Vegetation; Vegetation index; winter; China; Asia; Europe

Improving the urban thermal environment can enhance humans’ well-being. Nevertheless, it was not clear which land-use/land-cover (LU/LC) indices were optimal for explaining land surface temperatures (LSTs) and how they affected LSTs in cities in different climatic zones, especially during the nightt...