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Calibration processes in a laboratory imply that, under the same circumstances,
parallel measurements result between sensors and reference tools. Sensor calibration should help meet the requirements described above in discussing the data quality issues facing institutions that are considering operating an automated surface
weather station network. Calibration and maintenance processes should be declared
in quality assurance documents for the network.
Data from urban observations should be recorded a well-defined file format,
where the header of file contains the station name, observing period, observing element, and units and frequency of observations. The end-data users (researchers,
general public, schools) are able to use these records for their own purposes.
2.8 The Central-European Urban Heat Island Atlas
The Central-European Urban Heat Island Atlas (UHI Atlas) is a tool for a presentation and exploration of different factors influencing urban heat island phenomena in
the Central European area. It can be used to limit the temperature increase in cities
by establishing proper short-term and long-term mitigation, risk prevention and
management activities (Komac and Ciglič 2014; Ciglič and Komac 2015).
Different influencing factors are presented, such as the altitude, vegetation, land
use/cover, and settlement density.
The general goal of this chapter is to present the structure and characteristics of
the atlas.
2.8.1 UHI Atlas and its database
The database for atlas of urban heat island consists of different data:
– Digital elevation model (DEM),
– Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI),
– Land surface temperature data (LST),
– Data on land use (Corine Land Cover and Urban Atlas data),
– Night scene image,
– Air temperature at 2 m,
– The data collected from project partners.
The database was elaborated in GIS environment using ArcGIS Desktop and
published online using ArcGIS Server programme.
The atlas (Figs. 2.12 and 2.13) is published on-line at: http://gismo.zrc-sazu.si/
flexviewers/UHIAtlas or http://zalozba.zrc-sazu.si/p/1352.
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Calibration processes in a laboratory imply that, under the same circumstances,
parallel measurements result between sensors and reference tools. Sensor calibration should help meet the requirements described above in discussing the data quality issues facing institutions that are considering operating an automated surface
weather station network. Calibration and maintenance processes should be declared
in quality assurance documents for the network.
Data from urban observations should be recorded a well-defined file format,
where the header of file contains the station name, observing period, observing element, and units and frequency of observations. The end-data users (researchers,
general public, schools) are able to use these records for their own purposes.
2.8 The Central-European Urban Heat Island Atlas
The Central-European Urban Heat Island Atlas (UHI Atlas) is a tool for a presentation and exploration of different factors influencing urban heat island phenomena in
the Central European area. It can be used to limit the temperature increase in cities
by establishing proper short-term and long-term mitigation, risk prevention and
management activities (Komac and Ciglič 2014; Ciglič and Komac 2015).
Different influencing factors are presented, such as the altitude, vegetation, land
use/cover, and settlement density.
The general goal of this chapter is to present the structure and characteristics of
the atlas.
2.8.1 UHI Atlas and its database
The database for atlas of urban heat island consists of different data:
– Digital elevation model (DEM),
– Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI),
– Land surface temperature data (LST),
– Data on land use (Corine Land Cover and Urban Atlas data),
– Night scene image,
– Air temperature at 2 m,
– The data collected from project partners.
The database was elaborated in GIS environment using ArcGIS Desktop and
published online using ArcGIS Server programme.
The atlas (Figs. 2.12 and 2.13) is published on-line at: http://gismo.zrc-sazu.si/
flexviewers/UHIAtlas or http://zalozba.zrc-sazu.si/p/1352.
2 Urban Heat Island Gold Standard and Urban Heat Island Atlas