Assessment of Urban Heat Islands in Brazil based on MODIS remote sensing data
Felipe Ferreira Monteiro, Weber Andrade Gonçalves, Lára de Melo Barbosa Andrade, Lourdes Milagros Mendoza Villavicencio, Cássia Monalisa dos Santos Silva
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Urban heat islandMetropolitan areaEnvironmental scienceModerate-resolution imaging spectroradiometerAlbedo (alchemy)NocturnalNormalized Difference Vegetation IndexVegetation (pathology)ClimatologyGeographyUrban climatePopulationPhysical geographyUrbanizationMeteorologyClimate changeSatelliteGeologyEconomicsAstronomyEconomic growthOceanographyDemographyMedicinePathologyArtArt historyArchaeologySociologyEngineeringAerospace engineeringPhysicsPerformance artUrban Heat Island MitigationUrban Green Space and HealthLand Use and Ecosystem Services