OBSERVING IMPACTS OF HEATWAVES ON URBAN TREES OF MILTON-KEYNES USING GOOGLE-EARTH-ENGINE
Khan R.
Urban trees keeps the area cool through shading and evapotranspiration and reduces the impacts of heatwaves. Heatwave is an extreme meteorological event in which high temperature and humid weather persist for a prolonged duration that negatively impacts the environment. According to the met office of UK, heatwave is a persistent three or more days of hot weather with varying threshold ranging from 25˚C to 28˚C (equal or above 27˚C for Milton-Keynes). In this study, I have looked at the past five years heat impact on the health of urban trees using sentinel-2 data and NDVI parameter.