caa a22 4500 467902895 CHVBK 20180406152824.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10661-006-0888-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10661-006-0888-9 Urban Air Pollution Patterns, Land Use, and Thermal Landscape: An Examination of the Linkage Using GIS [Elektronische Daten] [Qihao Weng, Shihong Yang] This article investigates the relationship of local air pollution pattern with urban land use and with urban thermal landscape using a GIS approach. Ambient air quality measurements for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, total suspended particles, and dust level were obtained for Guangzhou City in South China between 1981 and 2000. Landsat TM images and aerial photo derived maps were used to examine city's land use and land cover at different times and changes. Landsat thermal infrared data were employed to compute land surface temperatures and to assess urban thermal patterns. Relationships among the spatial patterns of air pollution, land use, and thermal landscape were sought through GIS and correlation analyses. Results show that the spatial patterns of air pollutants probed were positively correlated with urban built-up density, and with satellite derived land surface temperature values, particularly with measurements taken during the summer. It is suggested that further studies investigate the mechanisms of this linkage, and that remote sensing of air pollution delves into how the energy interacts with the atmosphere and the environment and how sensors see pollutants. Thermal infrared imagery could play a unique role in monitoring and modeling atmospheric pollution. Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2006 air pollution pattern nationallicence Geographic Information System (GIS) nationallicence Guangzhou nationallicence land surface temperature nationallicence urban land use nationallicence Weng Qihao Associate Professor of Geography, and Director, Center for Urban and Environmental Change, Department of Geography, Geology, and Anthropology, Indiana State University, 47809, Terre Haute, IN, USA aut Yang Shihong Department of Geography, South China Normal University, 510630, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China aut Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 117/1-3(2006-06-01), 463-489 0167-6369 117:1-3<463 2006 117 10661 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-006-0888-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-006-0888-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Weng Qihao Associate Professor of Geography, and Director, Center for Urban and Environmental Change, Department of Geography, Geology, and Anthropology, Indiana State University, 47809, Terre Haute, IN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yang Shihong Department of Geography, South China Normal University, 510630, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 117/1-3(2006-06-01), 463-489 0167-6369 117:1-3<463 2006 117 10661 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer