Global Urban Heat Island Intensity Dataset

<b>Global Urban Heat Island Intensity Dataset</b>A novel dynamic equal-area (DEA) method was proposed for UHII estimations. This method can minimize the influence of various confounding factors through a dynamic cyclic process and finally obtain the background reference area (BRA) with its size equal to the central urban area. Utilizing the DEA method and leveraging eight different temperature data sources, we developed a global-scale (&gt;10,000 cities), long-term (over 20 years by month), and multi-faceted (clear-sky surface, all-sky surface, and canopy) UHII dataset. Please refer to "Readme" for details.We also produced gridded UHII data with a spatial resolution of 1km. The data can be downloaded from Baidu Cloud Drive. Link: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1XcYsRKFuVINCrvCG3nj3Ng Code: 1234This gridded UHII data is now on the Earth Engine data catalog: https://gee-community-catalog.org/projects/uhii/In addition, all datasets have been uploaded to the Google Drive and can be downloaded from https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dKwW2ceg457iM2UHLJWmMcNhkx5OfBY9?usp=drive_link. More information about downloading and using the datasets can be found at https://github.com/samapriya/awesome-gee-community-datasets/issues/276.<br><br><br>We have updated the Global Urban Heat Island Intensity Dataset by using the ESACCI land cover data as the<b> </b>base map for urban area delineation. The <b>updated data</b> (version 2) can be available from https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Global_Urban_Heat_Island_Intensity_Dataset_Version2_/30102847.<br><br><br>Citation: Qiquan Yang.Global Urban Heat Island Intensity Dataset. Figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24821538, 2024.Reference: Qiquan Yang, Yi Xu, TC Chakraborty, et al. A global urban Heat Island intensity dataset: Generation, comparison, and analysis<i>. </i><i>Remote Sensing of Environment</i>, 2024, 312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2024.114343.<br>