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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9034</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprs-archives-L-4-W1-2026-259-2026</article-id>
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<article-title>Assessing the Temporal Consistency of Intra-Urban Surface Thermal Patterns in Satellite LST Time Series: A Case Study of Zagreb, Croatia</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Šamanović</surname>
<given-names>Sanja</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Bjelotomić Oršulić</surname>
<given-names>Olga</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9796-3094</ext-link>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Cetl</surname>
<given-names>Vlado</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Markovinović</surname>
<given-names>Danko</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Department of Geodesy and Geomatics, University North, Jurja Križanića 31b, 42000 Varaždin, Croatia</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>29</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>L-4/W1-2026</volume>
<fpage>259</fpage>
<lpage>266</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Sanja Šamanović et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit <ext-link ext-link-type="uri"  xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</ext-link></license-p>
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<p>Urban surface warming is often investigated using satellite-derived land surface temperature (LST), but short multi-year time series are difficult to interpret because of interannual variability, limited cloud-free observations, and heterogeneous surface characteristics. This study proposes a practical framework for assessing the temporal consistency and multi-indicator coherence of intra-urban thermal patterns using Landsat observations. The analysis was conducted for Zagreb using Landsat 8/9 Collection 2 Level 2 data for the summers of 2015&amp;ndash;2024. Annual composites of LST, the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), and the Normalized Difference Built-up Index (NDBI) were aggregated to 218 local committees as intra-urban spatial units. LST trends were estimated using linear regression, Sen&amp;rsquo;s slope, and the Mann&amp;ndash;Kendall test, while changes in surface characteristics were analysed by comparing the initial and final periods. Results show a widespread increase in summer LST across Zagreb, with an average linear trend of approximately 0.21 &amp;deg;C yr⁻&amp;sup1; and maximum Sen&amp;rsquo;s slope values of about 0.35&amp;ndash;0.36 &amp;deg;C yr⁻&amp;sup1;. Although the statistical significance of the Mann&amp;ndash;Kendall test was limited by the ten-year time series, 216 of 218 local committees showed positive &amp;Delta;LST values, with an average increase of 1.80 &amp;deg;C. &amp;Delta;LST was negatively associated with &amp;Delta;NDVI and positively associated with &amp;Delta;NDBI. The workflow integrates multi-year Landsat composites, cloud-based processing, and open tools for spatial and statistical analysis, providing a practical framework for interpreting temporally consistent intra-urban surface thermal patterns in complex urban environments.</p>
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