Land surface thermal feature change monitoring in urban and urban wild land interface
Dates
Last Revision
2022-01-20
Start Date
1985
End Date
2020
Publication Date
2019-11-01
Revision
2020-08-20
Acquisition
2021-05-01
Citation
Xian, G.Z., Shi, H., Mueller, C.W., Hussain, R.A., Arab, S., Sayler, K.L., and Howard, D., 2019, Land surface thermal feature change monitoring in urban and non-urban interface from 1985 to present (ver. 5.0, December 2023): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9H6E1FZ.
Summary
We developed an approach to quantify Urban Heat Island (UHI) extent and intensity in 50 cities of CONUS and its surrounding area by using surface temperature from Landsat surface temperature product in a time series manner. Landsat land surface temperature from Landsat Analysis Ready Data (ARD) were used to quantify surface temperature changes from 1985 to 2020. The current study assessed UHI intensity and its variations associated with urban development in an annual basis. Two datasets, over the study period, show that the maximum surface temperature in the high intensity urban area significantly increased while no significant trend was found in surrounding non-urban areas. These released datasets were spatially in 30 meters resolution [...]
Summary
We developed an approach to quantify Urban Heat Island (UHI) extent and intensity in 50 cities of CONUS and its surrounding area by using surface temperature from Landsat surface temperature product in a time series manner. Landsat land surface temperature from Landsat Analysis Ready Data (ARD) were used to quantify surface temperature changes from 1985 to 2020. The current study assessed UHI intensity and its variations associated with urban development in an annual basis. Two datasets, over the study period, show that the maximum surface temperature in the high intensity urban area significantly increased while no significant trend was found in surrounding non-urban areas. These released datasets were spatially in 30 meters resolution and annual averages between 1985 to 2020. NOTE: While a previous version is available from the author, all the datasets for pilot cities in previous version can be found in version 4.1.1
First posted - November 01, 2019 (available from author)
Revised - August 20, 2020 (version 2.0) Revised - May 20, 2020 (version 3.0)
Revised - January 20, 2022 (version 4.1.1)
The products developed by this study provide dense temporal coverage and are useful for characterizing and monitoring urban land cover changes by characterizing their types, delineating their spatial extents, detecting trends, and quantifying their biophysical conditions. Landsat land surface temperature from Landsat Analysis Ready Data (ARD) were used to quantify surface temperature changes from 1985 to 2020.
Revision 4.1.1 by Hua Shi on January 15, 2022. To review the changes that were made, see “UHI Landsat ARD temperature 4.1.1.txt” in the attached files section.
