Figure 3: Association of SUHII in India with vegetation cover.
From: Flip flop of Day-night and Summer-Winter Surface Urban Heat Island Intensity in India
The SUHII for summer days (a) and winter days (b) are overlaid on the vegetation cover. The differences in the vegetation cover between urban and nearby non-urban regions are estimated for the summer (c) and winter (d) season. The summer and winter daytime SUHII are negatively associated with differences in vegetation cover between urban and nearby non-urban region ((e) and (f) respectively). The overall variability of differences in vegetation cover between urban and nearby non-urban regions for summer and winter season are presented in (g) and (h) respectively. The land uses of nearby non-urban regions largely comprise of cropland (i). The red and blue circles denote the same as Fig. 1. The temperature is presented in °C. The figures are generated with Arc Map Ver 10.2 (http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis-for-desktop) and, MATLAB R2012b (http://in.mathworks.com/products/new_products/release2012b.html).
