ESTIMATION OF THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT FOR THE GLOBAL HISTORICAL CLIMATOLOGICAL NETWORK

摘要

The observed differences in NDVI and estimated temperature between local and regional samples of stations classified as urban were not unexpected. The observed differences for those GHCN stations that were classified as rural suggest that a more detailed analysis of the rural stations and their surrounding environment may be necessary to assure that temperature trends derived from rural environments influenced by any urbanization.