The relationship between urban land surface material fractions (ULSMFs) and brightness temperature has long attracted attention in research on urban environments. In this paper, a multiple endmember spectral mixture analysis (MESMA) method was applied to extract vegetation-impervious surface-soil (V-I-S) fractions in each pixel, and the surface brightness temperature was derived by using the ra...

Development continues at a rapid pace throughout the country. Runoff from the impervious surfaces in these watersheds continues to be a major cause of degradation to freshwater bodies and estuaries. Low impact development techniques have been recommended to reduce these impacts. In this study, stormwater runoff and pollutant concentrations were measured as development progressed in both a tradi...

Use of impervious cover is transitioning from an indicator of surface water condition to one that also guides and informs watershed planning and management, including Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §1251 et seq.) reporting. Whether it is for understanding surface water condition or planning and management, impervious cover is most commonly expressed as summary measurement (e.g., percentage watershe...

The accurate mapping of urban impervious surfaces from remote sensing images is crucial for understanding land-cover change and addressing impervious-surface-change-related environment issues. To date, the authors most studies have built indices to map based on shortwave infrared (SWIR) or thermal (TIR) bands middle–low-spatial-resolution images. However, this limits use high-spatial-resolution...

The transportation of pollutants from impervious surfaces during runoff events to receiving water bodies is a serious environmental problem. Summer runoff is also heated by impervious surfaces, causing thermal enrichment in receiving water body systems and degradation of coldwater aquatic ecosystems. End-of-pipe stormwater management facilities that are open to the environment can result in fur...

In the context of global urbanization, urban flood risk in many cities has become a serious environmental issue, threatening the health of residents and the environment. A number of hydrological studies have linked urban flooding issues closely to the spectrum of spatial patterns of urbanization, but relatively little attention has been given to small-scale catchments within the realm of urban ...

Over the years, many storm water best management practices (BMPs) have been developed to reduce the runoff volume and pollutant concentrations. In general, the concept of BMP takes the four following steps to dispose on-site storm water (USWDCM 2001): (1) to reduce runoff peaks and volumes by minimizing directly connected impervious areas (MDCIA), (2) to provide water quality capture volume (WQ...