Geospatial Analysis of the Relationship Between Land Surface Temperature and Land Use/Land Cover Indices: A Study of Raiganj Municipality, West Bengal, India

Bapi Sarkar, Sribas Patra and Mallikarjun Mishra

Geospatial Analysis of the Relationship Between Land Surface Temperature and Land Use/Land Cover Indices: A Study of Raiganj Municipality, West Bengal, India

2024

Bapi Sarkar, Sribas Patra and Mallikarjun Mishra

The present study is focused on the estimation of Land Surface Temperature (LST) and its relationship with three Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) indices--Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Normalised Difference Water Index (NDWI), and Normalised Difference Built-up Index (NDBI) in Raiganj Municipality, India. Landsat-5 TM (2001 & 2011) and Landsat-8 OLI (2021) satellite images were used, processed, and analyzed in the ArcGIS. The study observed that the values of LST and NDBI were increased by +0.9˚C and +0.71, and the values of NDVI and NDWI were decreased by -0.20 and -0.34 during 2001- 2021. The highest LST is observed over the built-up spaces and the lowest over vegetation cover and water bodies. The result indicates LST has a significant positive correlation with NDBI and a negative correlation with NDVI and NDWI. LST is increased due to dramatic changes in LULC especially in unplanned infrastructural development and losses in green and blue spaces.

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