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From Above the Acropolis: Satellite Analysis of Vegetation and Urban Heat in Athens

The project is situated in Athens, Greece, which overheats in the summer. We wanted to test a hypothesis: The overheating is the result of too much hardscaping (asphalt, concrete, brick) and not enough greenery. We wanted to compare the NDVI (a measure of greenery in a city) taken from Satellite images to Land Surface Temperature … Read more