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Fig. 9

From: Climatology of Tehran surface heat Island: a satellite-based spatial analysis

Fig. 9

The average monthly and annual frequencies of nighttime hotspots in Tehran and its suburbs, including the city’s 22 districts. The maps display the 19-year long-term mean abundance of LST exceeding specified monthly thresholds (see Table 4), calculated from daily data. The data used in this study were prepared using Earth data. Cite: AppEEARS Team. Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS). Version X.X. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC), USGS/Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA. URL link: https://appeears.earthdatacloud.nasa.gov. Subsequently, the data were modified using Climate Data Operators (CDO). Version number: 2.0.4. URL link: https://code.mpimet.mpg.de (2022). The maps were generated with the Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS). Version number: 2.2.1.oga.1. URL link: http://cola.gmu.edu (2019). Both CDO and GrADS were utilized on Ubuntu Desktop Linux. Version number: 22.04 LTS. URL link: https://ubuntu.com (2022). Finally, Fig. 9 was enhanced using Adobe Photoshop Desktop. Version number: 24.0. URL link: https://www.adobe.com (2022), and Paint.NET. Version number: 5.0.13. URL link: https://www.getpaint.net (2024).

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