Thermophysical behaviour of LULC surfaces and their effect on the urban thermal environment

© 2017 Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia and Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute The aims of this study are to investigate the thermophysical behaviour of various urban land use/land cover (LULC) surfaces in an urban environment, and to examine the relationship between field measurements an...

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Main Authors: Hamoodi, M., Corner, R., Dewan, Ashraf
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Asia Pacific (Singapore) 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58012
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author Hamoodi, M.
Corner, R.
Dewan, Ashraf
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Dewan, Ashraf
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description © 2017 Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia and Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute The aims of this study are to investigate the thermophysical behaviour of various urban land use/land cover (LULC) surfaces in an urban environment, and to examine the relationship between field measurements and remotely sensed data. Perth metropolitan area has been used as a test case. Two sets of surface albedo and land surface temperature (LST) measurements were taken at different locations on a variety of urban LULC surfaces using two procedures. Firstly, field measurements were made with a pyranometer and a hand-held infrared camera. Secondly, a Landsat 8 image was used to create maps of estimated surface albedo and LST. A new adjustment method was applied to the field measurements to adjust them to satellite overpass time. The results demonstrate that surface albedo and LST are influential factors in determining the thermal characteristics of LULC surfaces. Some built-up areas have a negative effect on the urban environment of Perth compared with non-built-up categories. The correlation between adjusted field work and Landsat 8 data is in strong agreement for surface albedo, and reasonably strong for land surface temperature.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-580122017-11-20T08:58:09Z Thermophysical behaviour of LULC surfaces and their effect on the urban thermal environment Hamoodi, M. Corner, R. Dewan, Ashraf © 2017 Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia and Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute The aims of this study are to investigate the thermophysical behaviour of various urban land use/land cover (LULC) surfaces in an urban environment, and to examine the relationship between field measurements and remotely sensed data. Perth metropolitan area has been used as a test case. Two sets of surface albedo and land surface temperature (LST) measurements were taken at different locations on a variety of urban LULC surfaces using two procedures. Firstly, field measurements were made with a pyranometer and a hand-held infrared camera. Secondly, a Landsat 8 image was used to create maps of estimated surface albedo and LST. A new adjustment method was applied to the field measurements to adjust them to satellite overpass time. The results demonstrate that surface albedo and LST are influential factors in determining the thermal characteristics of LULC surfaces. Some built-up areas have a negative effect on the urban environment of Perth compared with non-built-up categories. The correlation between adjusted field work and Landsat 8 data is in strong agreement for surface albedo, and reasonably strong for land surface temperature. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58012 10.1080/14498596.2017.1386598 Taylor & Francis Asia Pacific (Singapore) restricted
spellingShingle Hamoodi, M.
Corner, R.
Dewan, Ashraf
Thermophysical behaviour of LULC surfaces and their effect on the urban thermal environment
title Thermophysical behaviour of LULC surfaces and their effect on the urban thermal environment
title_full Thermophysical behaviour of LULC surfaces and their effect on the urban thermal environment
title_fullStr Thermophysical behaviour of LULC surfaces and their effect on the urban thermal environment
title_full_unstemmed Thermophysical behaviour of LULC surfaces and their effect on the urban thermal environment
title_short Thermophysical behaviour of LULC surfaces and their effect on the urban thermal environment
title_sort thermophysical behaviour of lulc surfaces and their effect on the urban thermal environment
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58012