Research Article

Are Summer Resorts Cooler in Summer? A Case Study of İzmir Province

Volume: 27 Number: 2 December 24, 2018
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Are Summer Resorts Cooler in Summer? A Case Study of İzmir Province

Abstract

Satellite based land surface temperatures (LST) are widely used for urban climate studies particularly at the areas where spatial distribution of meteorological data is not adequate. This paper evaluates Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data to detect summer daytime and nighttime LSTs at İzmir city center and major summer resort areas around it. We investigated whether these summer resorts are cooler in summer than the İzmir city center for both daytime and nighttime temperatures for the 2003-2016 period. We have found that Çandarlı and Dikili have higher LSTs during daytime than İzmir city center for the most of the period while İzmir city center has higher LSTs than all the other summer resorts at nighttime. Mann – Kendall trend analysis shows that there is statistically significant negative trend at the 1% significance level for Dikili and Eski Foça and 5% significance level for İzmir for daytime LSTs. However, statistically significant positive trend is observed for nighttime LST’s at the 1% significance level for Çeşme, Dikili and Urla while Çandarlı, Eski Foça and Yeni Foça has a positive trend at the 5% significance level. We attribute to nighttime positive trends of LSTs to urban heat island effect regarding urbanization and the increase of artificial surfaces in those areas. 

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 24, 2018

Submission Date

September 10, 2018

Acceptance Date

November 15, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 27 Number: 2

APA
Yavaşlı, D. D., Ölgen, M. K., & Zoğal, V. (2018). Are Summer Resorts Cooler in Summer? A Case Study of İzmir Province. Ege Coğrafya Dergisi, 27(2), 127-134. https://izlik.org/JA32CD39YM
AMA
1.Yavaşlı DD, Ölgen MK, Zoğal V. Are Summer Resorts Cooler in Summer? A Case Study of İzmir Province. Ege Coğrafya Dergisi. 2018;27(2):127-134. https://izlik.org/JA32CD39YM
Chicago
Yavaşlı, Doğukan Doğu, M. Kirami Ölgen, and Volkan Zoğal. 2018. “Are Summer Resorts Cooler in Summer? A Case Study of İzmir Province”. Ege Coğrafya Dergisi 27 (2): 127-34. https://izlik.org/JA32CD39YM.
EndNote
Yavaşlı DD, Ölgen MK, Zoğal V (December 1, 2018) Are Summer Resorts Cooler in Summer? A Case Study of İzmir Province. Ege Coğrafya Dergisi 27 2 127–134.
IEEE
[1]D. D. Yavaşlı, M. K. Ölgen, and V. Zoğal, “Are Summer Resorts Cooler in Summer? A Case Study of İzmir Province”, Ege Coğrafya Dergisi, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 127–134, Dec. 2018, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA32CD39YM
ISNAD
Yavaşlı, Doğukan Doğu - Ölgen, M. Kirami - Zoğal, Volkan. “Are Summer Resorts Cooler in Summer? A Case Study of İzmir Province”. Ege Coğrafya Dergisi 27/2 (December 1, 2018): 127-134. https://izlik.org/JA32CD39YM.
JAMA
1.Yavaşlı DD, Ölgen MK, Zoğal V. Are Summer Resorts Cooler in Summer? A Case Study of İzmir Province. Ege Coğrafya Dergisi. 2018;27:127–134.
MLA
Yavaşlı, Doğukan Doğu, et al. “Are Summer Resorts Cooler in Summer? A Case Study of İzmir Province”. Ege Coğrafya Dergisi, vol. 27, no. 2, Dec. 2018, pp. 127-34, https://izlik.org/JA32CD39YM.
Vancouver
1.Doğukan Doğu Yavaşlı, M. Kirami Ölgen, Volkan Zoğal. Are Summer Resorts Cooler in Summer? A Case Study of İzmir Province. Ege Coğrafya Dergisi [Internet]. 2018 Dec. 1;27(2):127-34. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA32CD39YM