Combined effects of impervious surface and vegetation cover on air temperature variations in a rapidly expanding desert city

Soe Myint; Anthony Brazel; Gregory Okin; Alexander Buyantuyev

doi:10.2747/1548-1603.47.3.301

Combined effects of impervious surface and vegetation cover on air temperature variations in a rapidly expanding desert city

Soe Myint, Anthony Brazel, Gregory Okin, Alexander Buyantuyev

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The goal of this study is to improve our understanding of the interactive function of impervious and vegetation covers at different levels of the local and intra-urban spatial scales in relation to air temperatures in an urban environment. A multiple regression model was developed using impervious and vegetation fractions at different scales to predict maximum air temperature for the entire Phoenix metropolitan area in Arizona, USA. This study demonstrates that a small amount of impervious cover in a desert city can still increase maximum air temperature despite abundant vegetation cover.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	301-320
Number of pages	20
Journal	GIScience and Remote Sensing
Volume	47
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2747/1548-1603.47.3.301
State	Published - Jul 1 2010

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