Abstract
The thermal information extracted from airborne MSS thermal infrared (10.5-12.5μm) data is applied to investigate and monitor the urban thermal environment.
For this evaluation, a surface radiant temperature distribution map of Hiroshima City is made from airborne MSS data (thermal infrared imagery) obtained on Sept. 15, 1980 for a selected flightpath across the city. Then the mean surface radiant temperature is calculated in each mesh on the thermal imagery. For comparison with the above, the mean surface radiant temperature is estimated by a multi-regression model simulated using the various types of urban land-use as predictor variables.
The surface radiant temperature model obtained by simulation compares with the thermal information by airborne remote sensing sufficiently to encourage further refinement of urban thermal environment research involving land-use data.
