Area Delineation and Spatial-Temporal Dynamics of Urban Heat Island in Lanzhou City,China Using Remote Sensing Imagery

One of the key impacts of rapid urbanization on the environment is the effect of urban heat island (UHI). By using the Landsat TM/ETM+ thermal infrared remote sensing data of 1993, 2001 and 2011 to retrieve the land surface temperature (LST) of Lanzhou City, and by adopting object-oriented fractal net evolution approach (FNEA) to make image segmentation of the LST, the UHI elements were extracted. The G* index spatial aggregation analysis was made to calculate the urban heat island ratio index (URI), and the landscape metrics were used to quantify the changes of the spatial pattern of the UHI from the aspects of quantity, shape and structure. The impervious surface distribution and vegetation coverage were extracted by a constrained linear spectral mixture model to explore the relationships of the impervious surface distribution and vegetation coverage with the UHI. The information of urban built-up area was extracted by using UBI (NDBI-NDVI) index, and the effects of urban expansion on city thermal environment were quantitatively analyzed, with the URI and the LST grade maps built. In recent 20 years, the UHI effect in Lanzhou City was strengthened, with the URI increased by 1.4 times. The urban expansion had a spatiotemporal consistency with the UHI expansion. The patch number and density of the UHI landscape were increased, the patch shape and the whole landscape tended to be complex, the landscape became more fragmented, and the landscape connectivity was decreased. The heat island strength had a negative linear correlation with the urban vegetation coverage, and a positive logarithmic correlation with the urban impervious surface coverage.     

城市扩展强度及其地表热特性遥感定量分析

提出定量确定城市扩展范围及其发展强度的方法——地图密度指数。以中部城市长沙为例,利用Landsat TM/ETM+数据定量评价城市扩张及其热环境特征的变化。首先,集成遥感光谱指数提取地表非渗透表面,然后利用移动窗口算法获得地图密度指数,再根据设定的阈值获得密度指数等级图,依此密度指数等级图识别城市扩展范围及其发展强度。再结合地表温度反演的数据,分析城市格局及其变化与地表热特性变化的定量关系。结果表明,自20世纪90年代以来,长沙市城市区域及其发展密度显著增加,城市发展的密度差异与地表温度相一致。地图密度指数能较好刻画城市扩展范围及其发展强度,并与地表温度空间分布存在较好的对应关系。     

CBERS-02 IRMSS热红外数据地表温度反演及其在城市热岛效应定量化分析中的应用

针对CBERS-02IRMSS的热红外通道特性，对Jimenez-Munoz和Sobfino提出的普适性单通道地表温度反演算法进行改进，并利用该传感器热红外遥感数据反演北京地区和苏锡常地区的地表温度；利用2004年8月17日在青海湖的野外实测数据对该算法的地表温度反演结果进行的验证表明，改进的单通道反演算法应用于CBERS-02IRMSS传感器热红外数据的地表温度反演具有很高的反演精度。并在此基础上，运用城市热场变异指数对北京地区和苏锡常地区的城市热岛效应进行分析，运用中国研制的热红外卫星遥感数据给出了城市热岛效应的定量化描述。结果表明，CBERS-02IRMSS热红外遥感数据完全可以满足定量化应用的要求，具有很大的应用潜力。     

Spatial analysis of high-resolution urban thermal patterns in Vojvodina,Serbia

Main objective of this study was to establish a relationship between land cover and land surface temperature (LST) in urban and rural areas. The research was conducted using Landsat, WorldView-2 (WV-2) and Digital Mapping Camera. Normalised difference vegetation index and normalised difference built-up index were used for establishing the relation between built-up area, vegetation cover and LST for spatial resolution of 30 m. Impervious surface and vegetation area generated from Digital Mapping Camera from Intergraph and WV-2 were used to establish the relation between built-up area, vegetation cover and LST for spatial resolutions of 0.1, 0.5 and 30 m. Linear regression models were used to determine the relationship between LST and indicators. Main contribution of this research is to establish the use of combining remote sensing sensors with different spectral and spatial resolution for two typical settlements in Vojvodina. Correlation coefficients between LST and LST indicators ranged from 0.602 to 0.768.     

Bi-temporal characterization of land surface temperature in relation to impervious surface area,NDVI and NDBI,using a sub-pixel image analysis

As more than 50% of the human population are situated in cities of the world, urbanization has become an important contributor to global warming due to remarkable urban heat island (UHI) effect. UHI effect has been linked to the regional climate, environment, and socio-economic development. In this study, Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) and Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) imagery, respectively acquired in 1989 and 2001, were utilized to assess urban area thermal characteristics in Fuzhou, the capital city of Fujian province in south-eastern China. As a key indicator for the assessment of urban environments, sub-pixel impervious surface area (ISA) was mapped to quantitatively determine urban land-use extents and urban surface thermal patterns. In order to accurately estimate urban surface types, high-resolution imagery was utilized to generate the proportion of impervious surface areas. Urban thermal characteristics was further analysed by investigating the relationships between the land surface temperature (LST), percent impervious surface area, and two indices, the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Normalized Difference Built-up Index (NDBI). The results show that correlations between NDVI and LST are rather weak, but there is a strong positive correlation between percent ISA, NDBI and LST. This suggests that percent ISA, combined with LST, and NDBI, can quantitatively describe the spatial distribution and temporal variation of urban thermal patterns and associated land-use/land-cover (LULC) conditions.     

Characterizing bi-temporal patterns of land surface temperature using landscape metrics based on sub-pixel classifications from Landsat TM/ETM+

Landscape patterns in a region have different sizes, shapes and spatial arrangements, which contribute to the spatial heterogeneity of the landscape and are linked to the distinct behavior of thermal environments. There is a lack of research generating landscape metrics from discretized percent impervious surface area data (ISA), which can be used as an indicator of urban spatial structure and level of development, and quantitatively characterizing the spatial patterns of landscapes and land surface temperatures (LST). In this study, linear spectral mixture analysis (LSMA) is used to derive sub-pixel ISA. Continuous fractional cover thresholds are used to discretize percent ISA into different categories related to urban land cover patterns. Landscape metrics are calculated based on different ISA categories and used to quantify urban landscape patterns and LST configurations. The characteristics of LST and percent ISA are quantified by landscape metrics such as indices of patch density, aggregation, connectedness, shape and shape complexity. The urban thermal intensity is also analyzed based on percent ISA. The results indicate that landscape metrics are sensitive to the variation of pixel values of fractional ISA, and the integration of LST, LSMA. Landscape metrics provide a quantitative method for describing the spatial distribution and seasonal variation in urban thermal patterns in response to associated urban land cover patterns.     

Assessing the effects of land use spatial structure on urban heat islands using HJ-1B remote sensing imagery in Wuhan,China

Urban heat islands (UHIs) have attracted attention around the world because they profoundly affect biological diversity and human life. Assessing the effects of the spatial structure of land use on UHIs is essential to better understanding and improving the ecological consequences of urbanization. This paper presents the radius fractal dimension to quantify the spatial variation of different land use types around the hot centers. By integrating remote sensing images from the newly launched HJ-1B satellite system, vegetation indexes, landscape metrics and fractal dimension, the effects of land use patterns on the urban thermal environment in Wuhan were comprehensively explored. The vegetation indexes and landscape metrics of the HJ-1B and other remote sensing satellites were compared and analyzed to validate the performance of the HJ-1B. The results have showed that land surface temperature (LST) is negatively related to only positive normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) but to Fv across the entire range of values, which indicates that fractional vegetation (Fv) is an appropriate predictor of LST more than NDVI in forest areas. Furthermore, the mean LST is highly correlated with four class-based metrics and three landscape-based metrics, which suggests that the landscape composition and the spatial configuration both influence UHIs. All of them demonstrate that the HJ-1B satellite has a comparable capacity for UHI studies as other commonly used remote sensing satellites. The results of the fractal analysis show that the density of built-up areas sharply decreases from the hot centers to the edges of these areas, while the densities of water, forest and cropland increase. These relationships reveal that water, like forest and cropland, has a significant effect in mitigating UHIs in Wuhan due to its large spatial extent and homogeneous spatial distribution. These findings not only confirm the applicability and effectiveness of the HJ-1B satellite system for studying UHIs but also reveal the impacts of the spatial structure of land use on UHIs, which is helpful for improving the planning and management of the urban environment.     

基于遥感的长沙市城市热岛与土地利用/覆盖变化研究

基于多时相Landsat TM/ETM+影像,首先计算长沙市地表亮度温度,然后利用NDVI(归一化植被指数)、MNDWI(改进 的归一化水体指数)、NDBI(归一化建筑指数)和NDBaI(归一化裸土指数)4个指数,采用决策树分类方法对长沙市影像进行 土地利用/覆盖分类。在此基础上,对长沙市城市热岛的空间分布特征、时空演变特征以及城市热岛与土地利用/覆盖变化和各种影 响因子之间的关系进行研究。结果表明,随着长沙市城区范围的不断扩张,城市热岛范围也不断增大; 土地利用/覆盖类型的变化 会改变地表温度的空间分布,城市用地和裸地是城市热岛强度的主要贡献因素,水体和林地具有较好的降温作用。地表温度与4种 归一化指数的回归分析表明,它们之间存在明显的相关性,不同土地利用/覆盖类型的地表温度存在较大差异。     

城市热岛空间格局及其变化的图形信息特征分析

热岛效应是城市化进程中产生的特有环境问题。基于Landsat TM/ETM+（1989、2001、2007、2013年）遥感影像完成哈尔滨地面亮温定量反演、标准化和等级划分等处理,并分析城市热岛空间分布特征和时空演变规律。基于地学信息图谱理论,定量分析24 a间热岛效应图谱信息变化特征,探究城市热岛格局的时空演变进程和形成机制,揭示城市化进程与热岛效应之间的响应关系。结果表明,随着哈尔滨城市化进程加速,4级热岛效应呈递增趋势,面积比例分别为4.36%、5.69%、6.29%和7.12%,主要分布在道外区和铁路沿线地带;植被和水体区域的地面温度较低,其边缘温度更低;反复变化型面积最大,后期变化型面积最小,面积比例分别为33.30%和7.30%。地学信息图谱分析可为城市热岛效应随城市化演变趋势提供准确、丰富的信息,对全面分析城市热岛的形成和发展具有重要的意义。     

赣榆县城镇用地扩展时空特征分析

赣榆县作为东部沿海城市城镇化发展尤为突出。本文选取1987年、2000年和2009年3期Landsat TM/ETM遥感影像作为主要数据源,利用ArcGIS软件数字化功能对城镇建成区进行提取,并将3期提取结果进行叠加分析,通过城镇扩展面积比重、城镇扩展指数、城镇用地扩展强度指数、城市紧凑度指数和城市用地分形维数模型对城镇扩展动态特征进行分析。     

Characterization and spatial modeling of urban sprawl in the Wuhan Metropolitan Area,China

Urban sprawl has led to environmental problems and large losses of arable land in China. In this study, we monitor and model urban sprawl by means of a combination of remote sensing, geographical information system and spatial statistics. We use time-series data to explore the potential socio-economic driving forces behind urban sprawl, and spatial models in different scenarios to explore the spatio-temporal interactions. The methodology is applied to the city of Wuhan, China, for the period from 1990 to 2013. The results reveal that the built-up land has expanded and has dispersed in urban clusters. Population growth, and economic and transportation development are still the main causes of urban sprawl; however, when they have developed to certain levels, the area affected by construction in urban areas (Jian Cheng Qu (JCQ)) and the area of cultivated land (ACL) tend to be stable. Spatial regression models are shown to be superior to the traditional models. The interaction among districts with the same administrative status is stronger than if one of those neighbors is in the city center and the other in the suburban area. The expansion of urban built-up land is driven by the socio-economic development at the same period, and greatly influenced by its spatio-temporal neighbors. We conclude that the integration of remote sensing, a geographical information system, and spatial statistics offers an excellent opportunity to explore the spatio-temporal variation and interactions among the districts in the sprawling metropolitan areas. Relevant regulations to control the urban sprawl process are suggested accordingly.     

光谱指数趋势面的城市地表温度降尺度转换

针对城市及周边区域建造区和自然地表交织分布的特点,探讨了利用归一化植被指数(NDVI)和归一化建造指数(NDBI)构造趋势面的地表温度(LST)降尺度方法,以北京市市区及周边较平坦区域为例实现了LST自960 m向120 m的降尺度转换。分析了LST空间分布特征及NDVI、NDBI对地物的指示性特征;以北京市四至六环为界分析NDVI、NDBI趋势面对地表温度的拟合程度及各自的适用区域;在120 m、240 m、480 m和960 m 4个尺度上评价了NDVI、NDBI和NDVI+NDBI趋势面对LST的拟合程度和趋势面转换函数的尺度效应;对NDVI、NDBI和NDVI NDBI等3种方法的降尺度结果分覆盖类型、分区域对比评价。实验结果表明结合两种光谱指数的NDVI NDBI方法降尺度转换精度有所改善,改善程度取决于地表覆盖类型组合。     

1995—2006年南通市城市扩展特征分析

以遥感数据为基础,结合缓冲区分析,对南通市的城市扩展特征和扩展的方向性进行了研究。研究时段分为前期1995—2001年和后期2001—2006年,结果表明:1)南通市城市扩展速度前期高于后期,建设用地增加面积后期高于前期。前期发展为跳跃式点状扩展模式,后期以城市核心区域为主体,以面状方式向外扩展。2)在城市扩展的方向上,前期变化率和变化量东南>东北>西北,后期东南>西北>东北。但后期变化量显著高于前期。     

Satellite-based analysis of the role of land use/land cover and vegetation density on surface temperature regime of Delhi,India

The knowledge of the surface temperature is important to a range of issues and themes in earth sciences central to urban climatology, global environmental change and human-environment interactions. The study analyses land surface temperature (LST) estimation using temporal ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer) datasets (day time and night time) over National Capital Territory Delhi using the surface emissivity information at pixel level. The spatial variations of LST over different land use/land cover (LU/LC) at day time and night time were analysed and relationship between the spatial distribution of LU/LC and vegetation density with LST was developed. Minimum noise fraction (MNF) was used for LU/LC classification which gave better accuracy than classification with original bands. The satellite derived emissivity values were found to be in good agreement with literature and field measured values. It was observed that fallow land, waste land/bare soil, commercial/industrial and high dense built-up area have high surface temperature values during day time, compared to those over water bodies, agricultural cropland, and dense vegetation. During night time high surface temperature values are found over high dense built-up, water bodies, commercial/industrial and low dense built-up than over fallow land, dense vegetation and agricultural cropland. It was found that there is a strong negative correlation between surface temperature and NDVI over dense vegetation, sparse vegetation and low dense built-up area while with fraction vegetation cover, it indicates a moderate negative correlation. The results suggest that the methodology is feasible to estimate NDVI, surface emissivity and surface temperature with reasonable accuracy over heterogeneous urban area. The analysis also indicates that the relationship between the spatial distribution of LU/LC and vegetation density is closely related to the development of urban heat islands (UHI).     

典型海岸带城市扩张的多源遥感监测与预测——以青岛市为例

本文利用自1995年以来的4期DMSP-OLS、NPP-VIIRS夜光遥感影像与Landsat多光谱遥感影像,分析了青岛市近25年的城市建成区范围、各市区边界形态与扩展趋势,并结合土地利用分类、路网、POI、DEM等多源驱动因子及元胞自动机-马尔可夫（CA-Markov）模型,模拟并预测了2027年青岛市土地利用分类。结果表明,近25年青岛建成区扩展主要以外延式为主,其他城区总体上沿胶州湾方向扩展,四周向青岛主城区汇集,主城区建设用地向西北侧发展。本文验证了夜光遥感在监测与预测典型海岸带城市扩张方面的适用性,为城市化发展进程管理与决策提供了重要依据。     

基于城市地表温度与归一化植被指数对北京市建成区热环境分析

针对研究城市热环境的过程中,利用归一化植被指数(NDVI)进行地表温度(LST)反演,再将LST和NDVI结合说明地物变迁与城市热环境的影响的现状,利用Landsat-8多时相遥感影像、高分辨率影像、公开GIS等多源数据,通过人工交互判读和量化统计分析,实现了2013—2017年北京建成区NDVI变化及其对地表热环境影响分析,再对分析结果进行差值拟合评价。对NDVI阈值分割按照大小为LC1、LC2、LC3、LC4,对LST分为高温区(TH)、常温区(TR)和低温区(TL)。结果表明,2013年至2017年:1)建成区的平均NDVI增加0.03,其中LC1增加1.0%,LC2减少11.6%,LC3区域减少1.7%,LC4区域增加12.3%。2)建成区平均LST增加2.55 K,TH百分比增加0.6%;TR百分比减少1.1%,TL百分比增加0.5%。3)NDVI相对增加,地表温度相对下降以及NDVI相对减少,地表温度相对上升占60%,NDVI相对下降,地表温度相对下降以及NDVI相对增加,地表温度相对上升的占40%。     

基于TM/ETM~+影像的绵阳春秋两季城市热环境特征对比分析

选取中等城市——四川省绵阳市为研究对象,以2000年(代表秋季)、2001年(代表春季)TM/ETM+遥感影像为数据源。在基于影像算法反演地表温度的基础上,对研究区春、秋两季热场剖面、建成区范围内热力景观斑块和城市热岛效应进行研究。结果表明:(1)无论春季还是秋季,地表温度高低与下垫面性质具有较大相关性,水体和植被覆盖较好的区域呈现低温,而水泥、沥青等不透水面温度较高;(2)秋季相对春季而言,温度相对较高的热力景观类型面积减少,而温度较低的热力景观类型面积增加。分析热力景观异质性指数发现,优势度指数值春季大于秋季,说明春季存在较明显的优势斑块;(3)运用城乡平均温度对比法和热岛面积指数法,计算春季热岛强度值为1.77℃,秋季热岛强度值为0.78℃,由此说明,在该时段内春季的城市热岛效应强于秋季。     

基于遥感影像的武汉市2003～2015年城区扩张及驱动力分析

以Landsat TM/OLI遥感影像为数据源,将武汉市土地利用分类情况主要分为建成区、植被、水体三类.通过统计对比2003～2015年的各类土地面积变化发现,武汉市建成区的面积呈逐年增加的趋势.结合分析各类统计数据得出影响武汉市城区扩张的驱动力因子中,地理环境、交通因素和人口因素为其扩张的基础条件,经济结构的转变是推动主城区向外扩张的内在动力,宏观规划政策的调控起着外在的引导作用.     

Geothermal area detection using Landsat ETM+ thermal infrared data and its mechanistic analysis—A case study in Tengchong,China

Thermal infrared (TIR) remote sensing is an important technique in the exploration of geothermal resources. In this study, a geothermal survey is conducted in Tengchong area of Yunnan province in China using TIR data from Landsat-7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) sensor. Based on radiometric calibration, atmospheric correction and emissivity calculation, a simple but efficient single channel algorithm with acceptable precision is applied to retrieve the land surface temperature (LST) of study area. The LST anomalous areas with temperature about 4–10 K higher than background area are discovered. Four geothermal areas are identified with the discussion of geothermal mechanism and the further analysis of regional geologic structure. The research reveals that the distribution of geothermal areas is consistent with the fault development in study area. Magmatism contributes abundant thermal source to study area and the faults provide thermal channels for heat transfer from interior earth to land surface and facilitate the present of geothermal anomalies. Finally, we conclude that TIR remote sensing is a cost-effective technique to detect LST anomalies. Combining TIR remote sensing with geological analysis and the understanding of geothermal mechanism is an accurate and efficient approach to geothermal area detection.