This epidemiological study is completed on island Rab, located in North Adriatic Sea. For this study it is important that Adriatic Sea has one of the highest solar radiations in geographical area of Europe. The aim of this epidemiological study is to estimate correlation between incidence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and exposure of sunlight in two different populations on island R...

Introduction: Analysis of mineralogy in geological samples typically requires the preparation of thin sections or preparation of powders for determination of crystal structure of chemical composition. Here we describe a new technique for petrology, i.e., simultaneous analysis of small-scale mineralogy and texture, using visible/shortwave infrared (VSWIR) imaging spectroscopy, that requires no s...

This paper demonstrates the application and usage of current remote sensing techniques for estimating and depicting Urban Environmental Quality at detailed level from satellite images. Temperature data derived from Landsat ETM+, Vegetation Index derived from high resolution IKONOS multispectral images, digitized data of the city urban infrastructure and 3-D virtual reality models were integrate...

The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect is a phenomenon whereby urban areas become warmer than their surrounding rural areas, due to the replacement of vegetation and soil with surfaces such as asphalt concrete. pavement tend absorb large amount heat through solar radiation increase air temperature, which affects operation building heating cooling systems, causing environmental problems thermal disc...

Remote sensing has widely been used in urban climatology since it has the advantage of a simultaneous synoptic view of the full urban surface. Methods include the analysis of surface temperature patterns, spatial (biophysical) indicators for urban heat island modelling, and flux measurements. Another approach is the automated classification of urban morphologies or structural types. In this stu...

Two gridded data sets that included (1) daily mean temperatures from 2006 through 2011 and (2) satellite-derived impervious surface area, were combined for a spatial analysis of the urban heat-island effect within the Dallas-Ft. Worth Texas region. The primary advantage of using these combined datasets included the capability to designate each 1 1 km grid cell of available temperature data as u...

Rapidly expanding desert populations have significantly altered surface microclimatic conditions. These modifications are evident for much of the year, since desert areas are frequently affected by stable, clear, calm weather. Past empirical analyses of urban effects for Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, have highlighted the large magnitude of the “urban heat island effect” with minimum temperatures...

The Urban Heat Island Effect (UHIE) is a widely recognised phenomenon that profoundly affects the quality of life for urban citizens. greenspace can help mitigate UHIE, but characteristics determine extent to which any given cool an area are not well understood. A key characteristic likely be properties trees found in greenspace. Here, we explore sensitivity strength cooling effect tree communi...

the rapid change of land use and land cover in the metropolitan area of tehran has influenced the distribution pattern of land surface temperature (lst). in this study, a spatial autocorrelation analysis is adopted to process the spatial-temporal changes of lst and normalized difference vegetation index (ndvi) in tehran during the period of 1987 to 2010. global spatial autocorrelation analysis ...