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Session Proposal: Remote Sensing of Urban Change (AGU25)

GC092
Remote Sensing of Urban Change

Session ID#: 247045

Session Description:
The majority of Earth's human inhabitants live in built-up, urbanized spaces. Urban areas, not surprisingly, are highly dynamic and undergo constant change from urban sprawl to decline and demolition. Remotely sensing data are critical for providing snapshot observations of such change over time and across scales. The variety of data types (e.g., lidar, radar, multi-/hyperspectral, thermal) and ability to fuse such data is especially of interest to comprehensively understand urban processes. This session highlights novel remote sensing methodologies for examining urban changes (e.g., two- and three-dimensional land use and land cover change, localized urban greenness changes and impacts on the urban heat island effect and air quality, 3D build-up and air circulation impacts, etc.) and its subsequent impacts on urban residents.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • IN - Informatics
Index Terms:

0480 Remote sensing [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0493 Urban systems [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1632 Land cover change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1928 GIS science [INFORMATICS]
Primary Convener:  Adam Mathews, Binghamton University, Department of Geography, Binghamton, NY, United States
Conveners:  Son V Nghiem, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States and Thomas Pingel, Binghamton University, Geography, Binghamton, United States
 
Thermal Remote Sensing of Diurnal Surface Temperature Variations Across Urban and Non-Urban Interfaces (1858321)
Hua Shi, ASRC Federal Data Solutions - Contractor to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Souix Falls, United States, Christopher Barber, USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Sioux Falls, United States, Kristi L Sayler, US Geological Survey, Sioux Falls, SD, United States, Chase Mueller, KBR, Inc., Contractor to the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center,, Sioux Falls, United States and Ray Dittmeier, KBR, contractor to USGS/EROS, Sioux Falls, United States
 
Evaluation of spaceborne lidar for building height estimation in small and medium-sized cities (1869332)
Adam Mathews, Binghamton University, Department of Geography, Binghamton, NY, United States and Sharmin Akter, Binghamton University, Binghamton, United States
 
Land Use/Land Cover Changes and Urban Growth Assessment in Pensacola Metropolitan Area Using GIS and Remote Sensing (1872280)
Asmita Karki and Zhiyong Hu, University of West Florida, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Pensacola, United States
 
Consistent yet Divergent Global Urban Greening amid Extensive Urban Expansion (1886176)
Haoran Cheng, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada and Yuhong He, University of Toronto, Geography, Toronto, ON, Canada
 
Unraveling Urban Heat and Moisture Anomalies Across the Continental U.S. Using Local Climate Zones and Earth Observation Data (1887538)
Aashish Gautam, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, United States, Saurav Bhattarai, Jackson State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Jackson, MS, United States and Rocky Talchabhadel, Jackson State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Jackson, United States
 
Modeling the Mechanics of Urban Heat Island Development Over Time: A Digital Twin Approach for Scenario Testing of Nature-Based Solutions (1899065)
Deepali Bidwai, Independent Researcher, Princeton, United States and Gijs van den Dool, Astra Terra, Paris, France
 
Monitoring Urban Dynamics with SAR: A Benchmark Dataset for Building-level Change Detection (1903554)
Abhishek Potnis1, Benjamin Swan1, Isabel Kao2 and H. Lexie Yang1, (1)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Geospatial Science and Human Security Division, Oak Ridge, United States, (2)Farragut High School, Knoxville, United States
 
Improving 3D Urban Thermal Models from UAV Imagery Using Emissivity Correction and Multispectral-Based Material Classification (1926222)
Alana McKeon, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, United States and Thomas Pingel, Binghamton University, Geography, Binghamton, United States
 
Assessment of Land Degradation in Apo District of Abuja Municipal Area Council Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria (1939651)
Friday Ojonugwa Omada, Beihang University, Beijing, China and Puspendu Biswas Paul, National Oceanographic and Maritime Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
 
A feasibility study of light pollution evaluation using CE-SAT-IIB nighttime light images in central Tokyo (1942477)
Tomoki Kiyono and Hikari Ninomiya, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
 
A Synergy Between Urban Morphology and Subsidence Analysis for Infrastructure Monitoring in Mumbai Metropolitan Region using multiscale MT-InSAR Techniques (1943071)
Astha Moolchandani, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Mohali, India and Chandrakanta Ojha, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali (IISER), Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Mohali, India
 
NIGHT-TIME LIGHT DATA TO ANALYSE THE URBAN SPRAWL IN MAJOR CITIES OF SRI LANKA COMBINED WITH LULC AND POPULATION DATASET (2013-2022) (1943636)
Isuru Jayathissa1, Lijun Yu2 and Jianfeng Zhu2, (1)University of Peradeniya, Postgraduate institute of Agriculture, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, (2)Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
 
Evaluating Thermal Comfort Through LST and Bioclimatic Variables: Towards a Predictive Comfort Equation (1944407)
Atul Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi, Architecture Planning and Design, Varanasi, India, Nikhil Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, Architecture Planning and Design, Varanasi, India, Ahmad Rashiq, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Bihta, India and Nikhil Kumar : Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, Architecture Planning and Design
 
Land Surface Temperature and Urban Heat Exposure Dynamics in Two Major Cities of Western India (1953756)
Andrews Korah1, Yusuf Jamal1, Courtney C Murdock2, Rajendra Baharia3, Rajesh Sharma4, Keshav Vaishnav5, Desai Vikas6, Vijay Kohli4, Ajit Mohanti3, Mercedes Pascual7, Sachin Sharma3, Anup Anvikar3 and Michael C Wimberly1, (1)University of Oklahoma, Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, Norman, United States, (2)Cornell University, Department of Entomology, Ithaca, United States, (3)Indian Council of Medical Research, National Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi, India, (4)Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Health Department, Ahmedabad, India, (5)Surat Municipal Corporation, Vector-Borne Diseases Department, Surat, India, (6)Urban Health and Climate Resilience Centre of Excellence, Vesu Urban Health Centre, Surat, India, (7)New York University, New York, United States
 
Local Climate Zone Mapping and Its Quantitative Applications on Measuring Surface Urban Heat Island in China Cities (1976217)
Jia Hu1, Yuyu Zhou2 and Zhengyuan Zhu1, (1)Iowa State University, Department of Statistics, Ames, IA, United States, (2)The University of Hong Kong, Department of Geography, Hongkong, China
 
Assessing the Impact of Land Cover Changes on Particulate Matter Air Quality in the Dallas–Fort Worth Region (1978055)
Athira Nair Ayyappankutty, Jithin Kanayankottupoyil and Kuruvilla John, University of North Texas, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Denton, United States
 
Decadal Trends in Urban Heat Across Indian Cities: Linking Local Climate Zones and Urban Growth to UHI Intensification (1997879)
Cheolhee Yoo1, Glynn C Hulley1, Anamika Shreevastava2 and Ronita Bardhan3, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (2)New York University, New York, NY, United States, (3)University of Cambridge, Architecture, Cambridge, United Kingdom
 
LULC Mapping in Urban Area Using a Multi-Resolution Approach (2002307)
Ankita Agrawal and Sunil Kumar Katiyar Dr., Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal, Civil Engineering, Bhopal, India
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