2020•Environmental Earth SciencesRequires access

Using Landsat 8 data to compare percent impervious surface area and normalized difference vegetation index as indicators of urban heat island effects in Connecticut, USA

Zhiyuan Yang, Chandi Witharana, James D. Hurd, Kao Wang, Runmei Hao, Siqin Tong

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Key concepts: Impervious surface, Urban heat island, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Environmental science, Vegetation (pathology), Physical geography, Remote sensing, Hydrology (agriculture)