Urban Heat Islands.

I was involved in research activities at Division of Climatology and Environment Application (BAKL), Center for Atmospheric and Climate Sciences - LAPAN in 2005, on the phenomenon of urban heat islands. Using Landsat satellite data, several surface energy balance parameters are extracted to obtain information related to changing in land use which affecting surface temperatures increase in urban and rural areas.

Reference: http://jurnal.lapan.go.id/index.php/jurnal_sains/article/view/640

Tools: ArcView GIS 3.3, ErMapper 6.4, MapObject 2.2, Visual Basic 6

Team: Idung Risdiyanto, Laras Tursilowati, Erwin Hermawan, Andri Susanto, Benny Istanto

Year: 2005