Validation of ASTER Surface Temperature Data with In Situ Measurements to Evaluate Heat Islands in Complex Urban Areas

Table 1

Area ratio and division of sunny and shaded areas per location per date.

Date	Site
	UC	P	LR	CA	SR	HR	LS	SS
28 July 2012
Sunny (%)	98.7	90.2	81.2	76.1	85.3	67.5	96.6	89.6
Shade (%)	10.4	9.8	18.8	24.0	14.7	32.5	3.4	10.4
23 September 2012
Sunny (%)	82.7	81.9	67.8	63.5	77.1	55.7	92.6	83.3
Shade (%)	17.3	18.1	32.2	36.6	22.9	44.3	7.4	16.7

UC: university campus, P: urban park, LR: low-rise apartments, CA: commercial area, SR: single residential, HR: high-rise apartments, LS: lawn square, and SS: sidewalk brick square.