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Urban heat island
Urban heat island monitoring maps hot urban surfaces, heat anomalies, vegetation context, and vulnerability layers for heat-risk planning and mitigation prioritization.[1][2][3] Landsat thermal imaging identifies urban landscapes with heightened surface temperatures.[1] ECOSTRESS thermal infrared observations are used for urban heat island and heat-vulnerability analysis.[2][3] Urban heat monitoring must distinguish satellite land-surface temperature from human-experienced air temperature and exposure.[3] Thermal infrared LST and emissivity retrievals map surface heat, while vegetation, land-cover, weather, and demographic context support mitigation and vulnerability products.[1][2][3]
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- [1]NASA Landsat urban heat island observationsagency doc2026-05-27
- [2]NASA/JPL ECOSTRESS thermal infrared mission resourcesagency doc2026-05-27
- [3]NASA ARSET satellite remote sensing for urban heat islandsagency doc2026-05-27
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Urban heat island. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V., last reviewed 2026-05-27. https://eo-atlas.org/topics/urban-heat (CC BY 4.0)
BibTeX
@misc{eoatlas:topics:urban-heat,
title = {Urban heat island},
author = {{EO-Atlas}},
publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
year = {2026},
note = {Last reviewed 2026-05-27. CC BY 4.0},
url = {https://eo-atlas.org/topics/urban-heat}
}