A novel satellite-based thermal variability scheme (TVS) was introduced as a method for estimating heat storage, Q_s, in urban areas. The TVS method uses four categorizations of thermal mass in conjunction with the temporal variability of land surface temperature to predict Q_s. The high temporal resolution of the GOES-16 satellite allows for complete reconstruction of the diurnal profile of heat storage in urban areas — something lacking in previous works relating to satellite-derived estimates of storage heat.
The figure below shows the hourly thermal storage for New York City metro region at a spatial resolution of 1km.