"Klimatope" is considered as a unit of climate. In this paper, the following seven land cover elements are chosen for the "Klimatope" categories in Kobe area; water surface, forest, park, suburban, city, city center and factory. The diurnal variation of the air temperature in typical summer fine day, is simulated for each "Klimatope" to make its characteristics clear using one dimensional heat budget model. The coefficients related to the earth surface heat budget for each "Klimatope", are estimated by Normalized Vegetation Index (NVI) derived from Landsat TM data and the summing data of town information for each street. The "Klimatope" categories are discriminated by NVI distribution data based on the calculation results of the minimum air temperature.
