Land surface temperature
Definition
“Land surface temperature (LST) is a measurement of how hot the land is to the touch. It differs from air temperature (the temperature given in weather reports) because land heats and cools more quickly than air.”
Applications
“Summer in the City is Hot, but Some Neighborhoods Suffer More”
“Racist Housing Practices From the 1930s Linked to Hotter Neighborhoods Today
“How Decades of Racist Housing Policy Left Neighborhoods Sweltering
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