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    • Annual land surface urban heat island hotspot from 1985 to present (Collection 1)

    Metadata Updated: July 6, 2024

    Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI) hotspot data are defined as areas of statistically high land surface temperature (LST). A pixel is determined as statistically high if it exceeds one standard deviation above the mean of all pixels with similar land cover type. Data are provided across 50 regions throughout the Continental U.S. using previously generated annual land surface temperature (LST) – derived from Collection 1 Landsat U.S. Analysis Ready Data (ARD) for Surface Temperature. The data ranges from 1985-2020, and covers data within 5 km of each city. The data is further separated into persistent urban and new urban outputs. Persistent Urban is defined as areas that are reported as urban in 1985 and remained urban in 2020. Areas that changed from non-urban in 1985 to urban in 2020 are defined as new urban. NOTE: While a previous version is available from the author, all the datasets for pilot cities can be found in version 5.0.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date December 15, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date July 6, 2024

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    Harvested from DOI EDI

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 15, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date July 6, 2024
    Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
    Maintainer
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    Data Last Modified 20231211
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:12
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    Publisher Hierarchy White House > U.S. Department of the Interior > U.S. Geological Survey
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