Research Article

Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Urban Surface Temperature and Its Relationship with Landscape Metrics and Vegetation Cover in Rapid Urbanization Region

Table 1

The classification of LST zones [4].

LST zonesClassification

LowTS ≤ Tmean − std
Sub-lowTmean − std < TS ≤ Tmean − 0.5std
MediumTmean − 0.5std < TS ≤ Tmean + 0.5std
Sub-highTmean + 0.5std < TS ≤ Tmean + std
HighTS > Tmean + std

Note: TS denotes the standardized LST value; Tmean denotes the mean standardized LST value; std denotes the standard deviation.