Intensity of Heat Islands of Main Cities of the Nile Delta: A Comparative Study in Urban Climatology Using Terra MODIS Visuals

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An integrated GIS & RS methodology was used to study the urban effect on temperature of the main cities in the Nile delta. To do that, the research depended on Terra MODIS satellite images collected during 2013, which are representative for all time scales. It was concluded that the Nile delta cities usually appear as UHI, with negligible exceptions. The UHI intensity temporally and spatially varies because of several reasons, which have been discussed and analysed. It was recommended that UHI of Egyptian cities should be attained more research works to face its negative impacts in urban areas, which already suffer from high temperature problems due to its sub-tropical location.

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  • Receive Date: 12 July 2016
  • Revise Date: 17 August 2016
  • Accept Date: 08 September 2016

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