The Influence of Deforestation on Land Surface Temperature—A Case Study of Perak and Kedah, Malaysia

Over the past few decades, there has been a rapid change in forest and land cover, especially in tropical forests due to massive deforestation. The major factor responsible for the changes is to fulfill the growing demand of increasing population through agricultural intensification, rural settlements, and urbanization. Monitoring forest cover and vegetation are essential for detecting regional and global environmental changes. The present study evaluates the influence of deforestation on land surface temperature (LST) in the states of Kedah and Perak, Malaysia, between 1988 and 2017. The trend in forest cover change over the time span of 29 years, was analyzed using Landsat 5 and Landsat 8 satellite images to map the sequence of forest cover change. With the measurement of deforestation and its relationship with LST as an end goal, the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) was used to determine forest health, and the spectral radiance model was used to extract the LST. The findings of the study show that nearly 16% (189,423 ha) of forest cover in Perak and more than 9% (33,391 ha) of forest cover in Kedah have disappeared within these 29 years as a result of anthropogenic activities. The correlation between the LST and NDVI is related to the distribution of forests, where LST is inversely related to NDVI. A strong correlation between LST and NDVI was observed in this study, where the average mean of LST in Kedah (25 °C) is higher than in Perak (22.6 °C). This is also reflected by the decreased NDVI value from 0.6 to 0.5 in 2017 at both states. This demonstrated that a decrease in the vegetation area leads to an increase in the surface temperature. The resultant forest change map would be helpful for forest management in terms of identifying highly vulnerable areas. Moreover, it could help the local government to formulate a land management plan.

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Estimation and Validation of Land Surface Temperature by using Remote Sensing & GIS for Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh

Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT) ◽

10.17762/turcomat.v12i5.1059 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (5) ◽

pp. 607-617

Author(s):

A. Rajani, Dr. S.Varadarajan

Keyword(s):

Remote Sensing ◽

Surface Temperature ◽

Land Surface Temperature ◽

Land Surface ◽

Andhra Pradesh ◽

Temperature Data ◽

Sensor Data ◽

Spectral Radiance ◽

Landsat 8 ◽

Thermal Band

Land Surface Temperature (LST) quantification is needed in various applications like temporal analysis, identification of global warming, land use or land cover, water management, soil moisture estimation and natural disasters. The objective of this study is estimation as well as validation of temperature data at 14 Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh with LST extracted by using remote sensing as well as Geographic Information System (GIS). Satellite data considered for estimation purpose is LANDSAT 8. Sensor data used for assessment of LST are OLI (Operational Land Imager) and TIR (Thermal Infrared). Thermal band contains spectral bands of 10 and 11 were considered for evaluating LST independently by using algorithm called Mono Window Algorithm (MWA). Land Surface Emissivity (LSE) is the vital parameter for calculating LST. The LSE estimation requires NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) which is computed by using Band 4 (visible Red band) and band 5 (Near-Infra Red band) spectral radiance bands. Thermal band images having wavelength 11.2 µm and 12.5 µm of 30th May, 2015 and 21st October, 2015 were processed for the analysis of LST. Later on validation of estimated LST through in-suite temperature data obtained from 14 AWS stations in Chittoor district was carried out. The end results showed that, the LST retrieved by using proposed method achieved 5 per cent greater correlation coefficient (r) compared to LST retrieved by using existing method which is based on band 10.

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The Effects of Land Use Zoning and Densification on Changes in Land Surface Temperature in Seoul

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11247056 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (24) ◽

pp. 7056 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jae-Ik Kim ◽

Myung-Jin Jun ◽

Chang-Hwan Yeo ◽

Ki-Hyun Kwon ◽

Jun Yong Hyun

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Surface Temperature ◽

Land Surface Temperature ◽

Land Surface ◽

Vegetation Index ◽

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Landsat 8 ◽

Land Use Type ◽

Coverage Ratio

This study investigated how changes in land surface temperature (LST) during 2004 and 2014 were attributable to zoning-based land use type in Seoul in association with the building coverage ratio (BCR), floor area ratio (FAR), and a normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). We retrieved LSTs and NDVI data from satellite images, Landsat TM 5 for 2004 and Landsat 8 TIRS for 2014 and combined them with parcel-based land use information, which contained data on BCR, FAR, and zoning-based land use type. The descriptive analysis results showed a rise in LST for the low- and medium-density residential land, whereas significant LST decreases were found in high-density residential, semi-residential, and commercial areas over the time period. Statistical results further supported these findings, yielding statistically significant negative coefficient values for all interaction variables between higher-density land use types and a year-based dummy variable. The findings appear to be related to residential densification involving the provision of more high-rise apartment complexes and government efforts to secure more parks and green spaces through urban redevelopment and renewal projects.

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Geospatial Monitoring on Land Surface Temperature and Vegetation Dynamics: A Case of a City Area in Khulna, Bangladesh

Trends in Undergraduate Research ◽

10.33736/tur.2172.2020 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. a35-43

Author(s):

MD. NAZMUL HAQUE ◽

NOWRIN RAHMAN KHANAM ◽

MEHNAZ NANJIBA

Keyword(s):

Surface Temperature ◽

Land Surface Temperature ◽

Vegetation Cover ◽

Land Surface ◽

Vegetation Index ◽

Landsat 8 ◽

Environmental Condition ◽

Infrared Sensor ◽

The Third ◽

Canopy Area

Land surface temperature and vegetation cover are two important parameters to evaluate the climate change and environmental condition. The current study is carried out in respect of monitoring the changing phenomena of climate and environment. The area selected to conduct the study was ward number 1, 2 and 3 of Khulna City Corporation), from the third largest city of Bangladesh. This study is corresponding through the calculation of Land Surface Temperature (LST) and Normalized Differential Vegetation Index (NDVI) for two different years, 2010 and 2018. LST and NDVI are observed to realize the association between surface temperature and amount of vegetation. With the help of ArcGIS 10.5, LST and NDVI calculations are done using Landsat 5 Thermal Mapper, Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager and Thermal Infrared Sensor images (for 2010 and 2018, respectively) collected from USGS Earth Explorer. The findings of the study specify that the highest temperature in 2018 is 32.5˚C in ward 2 and in 2010 it was 27.5˚C in ward 3, though the overall vegetation amount decreased in 2018, About 18, 900 square meter of very low canopy area has increased in ward 3 from the period of 2010 to 2018 and in the same time 35, 100 square meter of low canopy area has been decreased for the overall study area. However, parts of the study area of ward no. 3 had faced a significant increase in vegetation cover which is the cause of low temperature compared to ward 1 and 2 in 2018.

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Satellite-based evaluation of temporal change in cultivated land in Southern Punjab (Multan region) through dynamics of vegetation and land surface temperature

Open Geosciences ◽

10.1515/geo-2020-0298 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 1561-1577

Author(s):

Sajjad Hussain ◽

Muhammad Mubeen ◽

Ashfaq Ahmad ◽

Nasir Masood ◽

Hafiz Mohkum Hammad ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Surface Temperature ◽

Land Surface Temperature ◽

Land Surface ◽

Vegetation Index ◽

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index ◽

Environmental Changes ◽

Anthropogenic Activities ◽

Cropping Pattern ◽

Landsat Images ◽

Urban Climatology

Abstract The rapid increase in urbanization has an important effect on cropping pattern and land use/land cover (LULC) through replacing areas of vegetation with commercial and residential coverage, thereby increasing the land surface temperature (LST). The LST information is significant to understand the environmental changes, urban climatology, anthropogenic activities, and ecological interactions, etc. Using remote sensing (RS) data, the present research provides a comprehensive study of LULC and LST changes in water scarce and climate prone Southern Punjab (Multan region), Pakistan, for 30 years (from 1990 to 2020). For this research, Landsat images were processed through supervised classification with maps of the Multan region. The LULC changes showed that sugarcane and rice (decreased by 2.9 and 1.6%, respectively) had less volatility of variation in comparison with both wheat and cotton (decreased by 5.3 and 6.6%, respectively). The analysis of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) showed that the vegetation decreased in the region both in minimum value (−0.05 [1990] to −0.15 [2020]) and maximum value (0.6 [1990] to 0.54 [2020]). The results showed that the built-up area was increased 3.5% during 1990–2020, and these were some of the major changes which increased the LST (from 27.6 to 28.5°C) in the study area. The significant regression in our study clearly shows that NDVI and LST are negatively correlated with each other. The results suggested that increasing temperature in growing period had a greatest effect on all types of vegetation. Crop-based classification aids water policy managers and analysts to make a better policy with enhanced information based on the extent of the natural resources. So, the study of dynamics in major crops and surface temperature through satellite RS can play an important role in the rural development and planning for food security in the study area.

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Application of Geo-informatics Technology to Access the Surface Temperature Using LANDSAT 8 OLI/TIRS Satellite Data: A Case Study in Ampara District in Sri Lanka

10.20944/preprints202009.0289.v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ibra Lebbe Mohamed Zahir

Keyword(s):

Sri Lanka ◽

Surface Temperature ◽

Land Surface Temperature ◽

Land Surface ◽

Vegetation Index ◽

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index ◽

Thermal Infrared ◽

Landsat 8 ◽

Surface Emissivity ◽

Land Surface Emissivity

Land Surface Temperature is a one of the key variable of Global climate changes and model which estimate radiating budget in heat balance as control of climate model. It is a major influenced factor by the ability of the surface emissivity. In this study, were used Landsat 8 satellite image that have Operational Land Imager and Thermal Infrared Sensor to calculate Land Surface Temperature through geospatial technology over Ampara district, Sri Lanka. The Land Surface Temperature was estimated with respect to Land Surface Emissivity and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index values determined from the Red and Near Infrared channels. Land Surface Emissivity was processed directly by the thermal Infrared bands. Pixels based calculation were used to effort at LANDSAT 8 images that thermal Band 10 various dates in this study. The results were achievable to compute Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Land Surface Emissivity, and Land Surface Temperature with applicable manner to compare with land use/ land cover data. It determines and predicts the changes of surface temperature to favorable to decision making process for the society. Study area faces seasonal drought in Sri Lanka, the prediction method that how land can be efficiently used with the present condition. Therefore, the Land Surface Temperature estimation can prove whether new irrigation systems for agricultural activities or can transformed source of energy into useful form that introducing solar hubs for energy production in future.

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Investigating Land Surface Temperature Changes Using Landsat Data in Konya, Turkey

ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ◽

10.5194/isprs-archives-xli-b8-285-2016 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol XLI-B8 ◽

pp. 285-289 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

O. Orhan ◽

M. Yakar

Keyword(s):

Surface Temperature ◽

Land Surface Temperature ◽

Land Surface ◽

Vegetation Index ◽

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index ◽

Salt Lake ◽

Meteorological Data ◽

Landsat 8 ◽

Remotely Sensed Data ◽

Landsat 5 Tm

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate multi-temporal land surface temperature (LST) and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) changes of Konya in Turkey using remotely sensed data. Konya is located in the semi-arid central Anatolian region of Turkey and hosts many important wetland sites including Salt Lake. Six images taken by Landsat-5 TM and Landsat 8- OLI satellites were used as the basic data source. These raw images were taken in 1984, 2011 and 2014 intended as long-term and short-term. Firstly, those raw images was corrected radiometric and geometrically within the scope of project. Three mosaic images were obtained by using the full-frame images of Landsat-5 TM / 8- OLI which had been already transformed comparison each other. Then, Land Surface Temperature (LST), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) maps have been produced to determine the dimension of the drought. The obtained results showed that surface temperature rates in the basin increased about 5°C between 1984 and 2014 as long periods, increased about 2-3°C between 2011and 2014 as short periods. Meteorological data supports the increase in temperature.

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Retrieval of Land Surface Temperature of Lahore Through Landsat-8 TIRS Data

International Journal of Economic and Environmental Geology ◽

10.46660/ojs.v10i1.220 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 70-77

Author(s):

Muhammad Nasar -u-Minallah

Keyword(s):

Radiative Transfer ◽

Surface Temperature ◽

Land Surface Temperature ◽

Vegetation Cover ◽

Land Surface ◽

Global Climate ◽

Spectral Radiance ◽

Landsat 8 ◽

Barren Land ◽

Data Continuity

Land surface temperature (LST) is an important parameter in global climate change and urban thermalenvironmental studies. The significance of land surface temperature is being acknowledged gradually and interest isincreasing in developing methodologies for the retrieval of LST from Satellite Remote Sensing (SRS) data. ThermalInfrared Sensor (TIRS) of Landsat-8 is the newest TIR sensor for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM),offering two adjacent thermal infrared bands (10, 11), having significant beneficiary for the land surface temperatureinversion. The spectral radiance can be estimated through TIR bands 10 and 11 of Landsat-8 OLI_TIRS satellite image.In the present study, the radiative transfer equation-based method has been employed in estimating LST of Lahore andthe analysis demonstrated that estimated LST has the highest accuracy from the radiative transfer method through band10. Land Surface Emissivity (LSE) was derived with the aid of the NDVI’s threshold technique. The present studyresults show that as the built-up area increases and vegetation cover decreases in urban surface, they are linked toincrease in urban land surface temperature and conversely larger vegetation cover associated with lower urbantemperature. The output exposed that LST was high in built-up and barren land, whereas it was low in the area wherethere were more vegetation cover and water.

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ASSESSMENT OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE AND NORMALIZED DIFFERENT VEGETATION INDEX USING LANDSAT IMAGES IN SOME REGIONS OF DIYALA GOVERNORATE

IRAQI JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ◽

10.36103/ijas.v52i4.1388 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 52 (4) ◽

pp. 793-801

Author(s):

Al-Jbouri & Al-Timimi

Keyword(s):

Surface Temperature ◽

Land Surface Temperature ◽

Land Surface ◽

Vegetation Index ◽

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index ◽

Climatic Conditions ◽

Landsat 8 ◽

Landsat Images ◽

Remote Sensing Techniques ◽

The Relationship

Agriculture is the most important and most dependent economic activity and influenced by climatic conditions as the climate elements represented by solar radiation, temperature, wind and relative humidity. Therefore, is necessary that analyze and understand the relationship between climate and agriculture. The aim of this study to assessment the relationship between land surface temperature (LST) and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) for three regions of Diyala Governorate in Iraq (Al Muqdadya, Baladrooz, and Baquba) by through using of remote sensing techniques and geographic information system (GIS).The Normalized difference vegetation index NDVI and land surface temperature (LST) were used in two of the Landsat-5 ETM + and Landsat-8 OLI satellite imagery during the years 1999 and 2019. The results showed that increased in NDVI and decreased in LST for 2019, while for 1999 increased in LST and decreased in NDVI for the three regions. Finally, the regression was used to obtain that correlation between LST and NDVI. It was concluded that the correlation coefficient between NDVI and LST is negative, where the strongest correlation was 0.76 for Baquba and weakest correlation was 0.55 for Muqdadyia.

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An assessment of the Relationship between Vegetation (Forest Density Cover) Built-Up Area and City Land Surface Temperature, Generated by LANDSAT-8 OLI/ Thermal band - A Case study of Dehradun, India

Journal of Mountain Research ◽

10.51220/jmr.v16i3.13 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Rajeev Shankhwar ◽

Rajlakshmi Datta ◽

Navendra Uniyal

Keyword(s):

Surface Temperature ◽

Land Surface Temperature ◽

Land Surface ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Forest Cover ◽

Past Research ◽

Present Condition ◽

Landsat 8 ◽

Forest Density ◽

Open Land

Dehradun city is the capital of Uttarakhand state of India. Evidence from the past research and literature [e.g. CDP 2007, Singh et al 2013, Gupta et al 2014] shows that in the late 80s, Dehradun city was much greener compared to the present condition. In the current study, we tried to identify the correlation between land surface temperature (LST) with Forest cover density classes (FCDC) and built-up area with open land. The current study reveals that there is a relationship between FCDC and LST in the study area. The range of LST recorded is between 32.07 to 43.99 °C. Among all the classes, minimum LST record in VDF class is 32.07°C and maximum LST record in built-up area 43.99°C. The present study shows the importance of vegetation cover in urban areas to reduce LST, air temperature and maintain the urban microclimate as well as to help reduce air pollution.

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