Anthropogenic heat and modified landscapes raise air and surface temperatures in urbanized areas around the globe. This phenomenon is widely known as an urban heat island (UHI). Previous UHI studies, and specifically those based on remote sensing data, have not included cities north of 60◦N. A few in situ studies have indicated that even relatively small cities in high latitudes may exhibit sig...

The Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon is frequently associated with heat waves, both in scientific literature and the media. Health problems other issues often result from co-occurrence of these two phenomena. Previous studies have not yet provided sufficient evidence to validate potential links between UHIs waves. MUSTARDijon network was set up 2014, Dijon, France. Its spatial density (60 sen...

Urban heat islands (UHIs) have been long studied using both ground-based observations of air temperature and remotely sensed thermal infrared (TIR) data. While ground-based observations lack spatial detail even in the occasional “dense” urban network, skin temperature retrievals using TIR data have lower temporal coverage due to revisit frequency, limited swath width, and cloud cover. Algorithm...

Rapid urbanization has recently led to a significant propagation of heat islands. This study aimed analyze the spatio-temporal variation in urban islands (UHIs) at Al-Ahsa Oasis Saudi Arabia, addition exploring influence on UHI distribution over last 30 years. The spatial variability UHIs was assessed, key determinant elements were identified, and forms delineated. Change detection, hot spots, ...

Cities experience UHIs due to the thermal properties (albedo, thermal emittance, radiative flux, and heat capacity) of human-made substances and urban geometry. This study investigated the existence of an urban heat island (UHI) in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The goal of this project was to assess whether a small-scale city like Gettysburg demonstrates an UHI effect and, if present, the extent an...

Thermal infrared remote sensing has become one of the main technology methods used for urban heat island research. When applying urban land surface temperature inversion of the thermal infrared band, problems with intensity level division arise because the method is subjective. However, this method is one of the few that performs heat island intensity level identification. This paper will build...

As the frequency and intensity of heatwaves are growing in Australia, strategies to combat heat are becoming more vital. Cities are exposed to urban heat islands (UHIs) due to excess urbanisation. In this study, a definition of urban heatwave (UHW) is conceptualised to investigate the combined impacts of heatwaves and UHIs. To quantify the negative impacts of UHW, indicators—such as excess morb...