Urban Landscape Pattern, Land Surface Temperature, and Urban Heat Island

Urban Landscape Pattern, Land Surface Temperature, and Urban Heat Island:
A Remote Sensing Approach to the Relationship

Dr. Qihao Weng, Indiana State University

Thursday, March 29, 2007

5:30–6:30 pm · Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall · 205 Prospect St.

Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

Dr. Qihao Weng’s research focuses on remote sensing and GIS analysis of urban ecological and environmental systems, land-use and land-cover change, urbanization impacts, and human-environment interactions. He has worked extensively with optical and thermal remote sensing data, primarily for urban heat island study, land-cover and impervious surface mapping, urban growth detection, sub-pixel image analysis, and integration with socioeconomic characteristics. He is the author of more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters.

Professor Weng was born in Fuzhou, China, received a B.A. in geography from Minjiang University, an M.S. in physical geography from South China Normal University, an M.A. in geography from the University of Arizona, and a Ph.D. in geography from the University of Georgia. He is currently Associate Professor of Geography and Director of the Center for Urban and Environmental Change at Indiana State University and a guest/adjunct professor at both Wuhan University and Beijing Normal University in China.