 The surface urban heat island, Suhi, represents the difference of land surface temperature, LST, in urban relativity to neighboring non-urban surfaces. The Landsat thematic mapper, TM, and Terra slash Aqua moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer, MODIS, are the two most commonly used satellite sensors. This article was authored by Diching Zhou, Jingfeng Xiao, Stefania Bonifony, and others.