Land use as key element for urban heat island inception in small cities. Case study: Barlad City, Romania [PDF]
Present Environment and Sustainable DevelopmentThe study investigates the thermal characteristics of the urban area of Bârlad city, Romania, in relation with urban land use (LU) and land cover (LC).
Pavel ICHIM +4 more
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Remote sensing of coccolithophore blooms in selected oceanic regions using the PhytoDOAS method applied to hyper-spectral satellite data [PDF]
, 2012 In this study temporal variations of coccolithophore blooms are investigated using satellite data. Eight years (from 2003 to 2010) of data of SCIAMACHY, a hyper-spectral satellite sensor on-board ENVISAT, were processed by the PhytoDOAS method to monitor
Altenburg-Soppa, M. +5 more
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Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Forest ecosystem services (ESs) are garnering increasing public attention as awareness grows regarding society's fundamental dependence on them for well‐being. Forest fires, one of the major disturbances of ESs, are becoming more frequent and destructive, exacerbated in part by climate change.
Emanuele Spada +6 more
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International Journal of Digital Earth, 2018 The critical angle is the angle at which the contrast of oil slicks reverse their contrasts against the surrounding oil-free seawater under sunglint. Accurate determination of the critical angle can help estimate surface roughness and refractive index of
Yansha Wen +7 more
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Estimating water content from hyperspectral measurements for fire risk mapping
Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica, 2014 This paper shows the interest of laboratory hyperspectral measurements to estimate fuel moisture content for fire risk assessment. Measurements were obtained for two Mediterranean forest species over a controlled water stress experiment.
M.E. Herrera, E. Chuvieco
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Comparison of Five Spatio-Temporal Satellite Image Fusion Models over Landscapes with Various Spatial Heterogeneity and Temporal Variation [PDF]
, 2019 In recent years, many spatial and temporal satellite image fusion (STIF) methods have been developed to solve the problems of trade-off between spatial and temporal resolution of satellite sensors.
Chen, Xiuwan +4 more
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Spatiotemporal Fire Patterns and Post‐fire Forest Change in Peru (2000–2021)
Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Fire is increasingly more frequent and severe in many tropical regions, leading to significant forest loss, diminished biodiversity, and reduced Nature's contributions to people (NCPs). In this study, we analyzed the spatiotemporal patterns of fire in Peru and its regions, focusing on: (1) burned area, (2) size, and (3) number of fires, using ...
Maricel Móstiga +3 more
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Geography, Environment, Sustainability, 2019 This study compares three popular approaches to quantify the urban heat island (UHI) effect in Moscow megacity in a summer season (June-August 2015).
Mikhail I. Varentsov +2 more
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Cross-Calibration of AQUA-MODIS and NPP-VIIRS Reflective Solar Bands for a Seamless Record of CERES Cloud and Flux Properties [PDF]
The CERES measured shortwave and longwave fluxes rely on the cloud properties derived using the coincident observations from the accompanying high-resolution MODIS and VIIRS imagers.
Bhatt, Rajendra +4 more
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Mapping cultivated area in West Africa using modis imagery and agroecological stratification [PDF]
, 2009 To predict and respond to famine and other forms of food insecurity, different early warning systems are using remote analyses of crop condition and agricultural production, using satellite-based information.
Baron, Christian +6 more
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