Title :
Urban heat island dynamics in Lijiang City and glacier retreatment of Yulong Snow Mountain
Author :
Zhao, Xiaofeng ; Wang, Huina ; Chen, Feng
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of Urban Environ. & Health, Inst. of Urban Environ., Xiamen, China
Abstract :
Public debates recently arise about the urban heat island (UHI) effect in Lijiang City on the glacier retreatment in Yulong Snow Mountain. To provide some scientific supports, this study used thermal remote sensing to analyze the effects of both UHI and thermal pattern of the whole basin area to the glacier. The final conclusion is that urban heat island would not promote the glacier retreatment of Yulong Snow Mountain, although they still should be mitigated to improve the quality of urban ecosystem.
Keywords :
atmospheric temperature; ecology; geophysical image processing; geophysical techniques; glaciology; infrared imaging; remote sensing; snow; China; Lijiang City; Yulong Snow Mountain; glacier retreatment; thermal pattern; thermal remote sensing; urban ecosystem quality; urban heat island dynamics; urban heat island effect; Cities and towns; Land surface temperature; Remote sensing; Snow; Thermal analysis; Thermal pollution; Urban areas; Urban heat island; glacier retreatment; landscape metrics; remote sensing; thermal pattern;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352056
