Table 3 Comparison between the temperature values obtained from images and measured by the eight thermocouples installed on some roofs. Residuals refer to the day-night differences.

From: Estimation of apparent thermal inertia of roofing materials from aerial thermal imagery

Point

Area

Class

Thermal images

Thermocouples

 

Day

Night

Difference

Day

Night

Difference

Residual

OE1

Centro

Sheat

39.0

7.4

31.7

35.9

8.2

27.7

4.0

TC01

Centro

Metal

41.1

10.0

31.1

36.7

8.6

28.1

3.0

TC02

Centro

Sheat

36.4

8.1

28.3

33.0

9.1

23.9

4.4

TC03

Centro

Other

1.9

− 15.0

16.9

28.0

8.4

19.6

− 2.7

TC04

Corticella

Gravel tiles

 

7.2

 

6.6

TC06

Corticella

Gravel tiles

 

5.8

 

5.9

TC07

Centro

Gravel tiles

29.6

7.2

22.3

32.0

6.8

25.2

− 2.9

TC10

Centro

Sheat

43.9

5.9

38.0

47.0

7.5

39.5

− 1.5