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Remote Sens. 2011, 3, 83-99; doi:10.3390/rs3010083 OPEN ACCESS Remote Sensing ISSN 2072-4292 /journal/remotesensing Article Satellite-Observed Urbanization Characters in Shanghai, China: Aerosols, Urban Heat Island Effect, and Land–Atmosphere Interactions Menglin S. Jin 1,*, Wittaya Kessomkiat 1 and Gary Pereira 2 1 Department of Meteorology and Climate Science, San José State University, San Jose, CA 95192, USA; E-Mail: wittaya@ 2 Department of Geography, San JoséState University, San Jose, CA 95192, USA; E-Mail: Gary.Pereira@ * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: jin@ . Received: 16 November 2010; in revised form: 20 December 2010 / Accepted: 4 January 2011 / Published: 7 January 2011 Abstract: Urbanization reflects how human-activities affect natural climate system. Accurately assessing the urban system by comparing it with the nearby rural regions helps to identify the impacts of urbanization. This work uses the recent satellite observed aerosol, skin temperature, land cover, albedo, cloud fraction and water vapor measurements to reveal how the city of Shanghai, one of the biggest, dense urban areas in East Asia, affects land surface and atmosphere conditions. In addition, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ground observations from AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET) is also used to reveal diurnal, seasonal, and interannual variations of the heavy aerosol load over Shanghai region. Furthermore, Shanghai reduces