本研究應用衛星遙測影像解析法，使用FORMOSAT-2 MS衛星影像，繪製台北市、台中市、台南市與高雄市各行政區土地覆蓋、人造表面覆蓋率、綠覆率與藍綠覆率等數值圖，彙整各市政府統計要覽資料，解析人造表面覆蓋率之迴歸預測公式，作為都市規劃者在描述、預測與改善都市人造表面覆蓋率之參考。
為了更深入探討都市土地覆蓋與地表輻射熱平衡之關係，本研究根據簡化地表能量平衡指標(S-SEBI)理論，針對都市熱島強度最強的台北市夏季都市熱島效應，使用Landsat 5 TM影像與地面氣象站資料，繪製地表溫度、地表與空氣溫差、氣溫、地表反照率、地表放射率、蒸發散比、淨吸收輻射、短波輻射、長波輻射、地面吸收熱、顯熱、潛熱、人造表面覆蓋率、綠覆率與藍綠覆率等數值圖，解析地表溫度迴歸預測公式、地表與空氣溫差迴歸預測公式以及氣溫迴歸預測公式，估算各類土地覆蓋淨吸收輻射分配給地面吸收熱、顯熱與潛熱的比例，描繪土地覆蓋與地表輻射熱平衡指標在都市平面與剖面上的關係，作為政府或學術單位，在擬定生態城市、都市退燒與綠建築相關政策的參考依據。本研究發現，與都市地表溫度或空氣溫度呈現正相關的因子，主要有都市人造表面率，呈現負相關的主要因子為都市藍綠覆率、地表蒸發散比與人造表面的反射率。
最後，根據研究成果，建議在都市計劃層級，擬定降低都市人造表面覆蓋率與增加都市藍綠覆率的政策；建議在建築管制層級，擬定基地保水、綠化、綠屋頂、綠能屋頂、冷屋頂與冷鋪面等政策與研究計畫，鼓勵民間、企業與學術單位，共同參與生態城市與綠建築推動方案。

FORMOSAT-2 MS imageries were used to calculate the digital maps of the urban land-cover, artificial cover ratio, green cover ratio, and blue and green cover ratio by satellite remote sensing technique to present the component of land-covers in Taipei City, Taichung City, Tainan City, and Kaohsiung City areas. Some regression equations for predicting artificial cover ratio were presented as the reference data for the urban planners to make the policies to improve the urban land cover environment.
In order to analyze the relationship between urban land covers and surface heat balance, Landsat 5 TM imageries were used to draw the digital maps of the surface temperature, air temperature, surface reflectance, surface emissivity, evaporative fraction, net radian, short wave radian, long wave radian, ground heat, sensible heat, latent heat, artificial cover ratio, green cover ratio, and blue and green cover ratio according to simple-surface heat balance indexes theory (S-SEBI). The profiles of urban surface temperature, air temperatures and relative S-SEBI were drawn to present the relationship between urban land-covers and surface heat balance. In the other hand, the regression equations for predicting urban surface temperature, air temperature, and the difference between surface and air temperature were also addressed to present the influence of each variables.
Finally, some suggestion of decreasing artificial cover ratio, increasing blue and green cover ratio, enhancing the evaporative fraction of land-covers, improving the surface reflectance of artificial covers, such as green roof, green-energy roof, cool roof, and cool pavement et al., were recommended for the government to promote the eco-city, cool city, and green building policies.

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