Global Change & Ecosystems

0470825 - ÚVGZ 2017 RIV CZ eng M - Monography Chapter
Zemek, František - Novotný, Jan - Pivovarník, Marek - Khalsa, Siri Jodha Singh - Pikl, Miroslav
Remote sensing assessment of the thermal regime in and urban landscape for adaptation pathways.
Global Change & Ecosystems. Volume 2. Brno: Ústav výzkumu globální změny AV ČR, v. v.i., 2016 - (Vačkář, D.; Janouš, D.), s. 119-132. ISBN 978-80-87902-17-2
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) LO1415
Institutional support: RVO:67179843
Keywords : thermal mapping * urban ecosystem * hyperspectral airborne data * airborne laser scanning
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour

This study explores the potential of airborne multi-sensor mapping to provide the type of detailed information
that will make it possible for urban planners to make informed decisions concerning mitigation and
adaptation strategies in response to increasing urban temperatures. The focus has been paid to the thermal
properties of different urban elements under an extreme summer heat spell. A classification of urban
elements was derived from and based on hyperspectral and Lidar airborne data acquired over the city of
Brno during midday. Results show the detailed information content of processed data both on the level of
administrative units at various scales (e.g. whole cadastre, town districts, and smaller urbanistic units) as
well as at higher spatial detail in the identification of thermal properties of individual elements, such as
building roofs, trees, open water bodies, etc. The resulting digital maps have already been integrated into
the town’s geographical information system and can be used by specialists for town planning. These maps
have also become accessible to the public as layers in the Brno map server.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0268375