Primary Convener:
Adam Mathews, Binghamton University

Convener:
Son Nghiem, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Thomas Pingel, Binghamton University

Chair:
Adam Mathews, Binghamton University
Thomas Pingel, Binghamton University

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.

Index Terms
0480 Remote sensing
0493 Urban systems
1632 Land cover change
1928 GIS science

Cross-Listed:
IN - Informatics
B - Biogeosciences

Neighborhoods:
3. Earth Covering