Characterizing landscape thermal features and change in the urban environment using time-series land cover and remote sensing data

George Z Xian1, Hua Shi2, Qiang Zhou1, Zhuoting Wu3, Roger Auch4 and Kevin P Gallo5, (1)USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, SD, United States, (2)InuTeq, USGS EROS Center, Sioux Falls, SD, United States, (3)Western Geographic Science Center, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (4)USGS, Sioux Falls, SD, United States, (5)USGS EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, SD, United States