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Monitoring land surface temperature relationship to land use/land cover from satellite imagery in Maraqeh County, Iran

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  • Bakhtiar Feizizadeh
  • Thomas Blaschke
  • Hossein Nazmfar
  • Elahe Akbari
  • Hamid Reza Kohbanani

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North-western Iran experiences high surface temperatures -- a situation that is likely to become increasingly severe due to both climate change and the growing area of sealed surfaces as a result of socio-economic development. Land surface temperature (LST) is a key parameter with respect to land use and land cover (LULC). In this study, the Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land (SEBAL) method has been applied to Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM+) imagery for Maraqeh County in north-western Iran (East Azerbaijan Province), in order to model the spatial variation of LST and to determine its quantitative relationship with LULC. The LST was found to be low for orchards and water bodies, while pasture lands and areas currently under cultivation had moderate LSTs. The results suggest that LST can be significantly increased by urbanisation, desertification, and any other processes that result in an increase in non-vegetated surfaces. High LST values were found to be associated with rural and urban settlements, and also with several bare areas of exposed soil, while the maximum LST values were associated with areas of rock outcrop. Our results indicate that LST has an inverse relationship with moisture content and biomass.

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  • Bakhtiar Feizizadeh & Thomas Blaschke & Hossein Nazmfar & Elahe Akbari & Hamid Reza Kohbanani, 2013. "Monitoring land surface temperature relationship to land use/land cover from satellite imagery in Maraqeh County, Iran," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(9), pages 1290-1315, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:56:y:2013:i:9:p:1290-1315
    DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2012.717888
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    1. Sabrina Lai & Federica Leone & Corrado Zoppi, 2020. "Spatial Distribution of Surface Temperature and Land Cover: A Study Concerning Sardinia, Italy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-20, April.
    2. Murat Atasoy, 2020. "Assessing the impacts of land-use/land-cover change on the development of urban heat island effects," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 22(8), pages 7547-7557, December.

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