Surface Heat Island in Shanghai and Its Relationship with Urban Development from 1989 to 2013

Table 3

The LST transition matrix for the changes between different LST classes for each year.

(a)

1989	2000
	Very low	Low	Medium	High	Very high
Very low	31.75	53.80	11.39	2.21	0.85
Low	13.59	59.18	18.76	5.12	3.35
Medium	2.51	36.64	39.79	13.32	7.74
High	0.33	10.02	35.36	30.74	23.55
Very high	0.17	0.55	3.39	13.90	81.99

(b)

2000	2013
	Very low	Low	Medium	High	Very high
Very low	49.01	23.19	14.35	8.47	4.98
Low	28.29	29.70	21.42	12.95	7.64
Medium	6.66	21.98	34.15	24.08	13.13
High	1.90	7.51	28.25	40.01	22.33
Very high	1.13	2.37	12.38	38.63	45.49

(c)

1989	2013
	Very low	Low	Medium	High	Very high
Very low	50.86	19.82	13.55	10.82	4.94
Low	25.89	25.30	21.72	15.96	11.12
Medium	11.66	22.87	28.35	22.57	14.55
High	3.60	12.71	29.12	33.47	21.09
Very high	1.64	3.48	15.36	39.70	39.81