Title :
Thermal remote sensing for examining the relationship between urban Land surface Temperature and land use/cover in Tabriz city, Iran
Author :
Feizizadeh, Bakhtiar ; Blaschke, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Centre for Remote Sensing & GIS, Univ. of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
Abstract :
This study investigates the relationship between Land surface Temperature (LST) and land use/cover (LUC) in Tabriz city, Iran. LST were assessed based on ASTER thermal images. Results showed that LST was highly influenced by LUC and that LST is sensitive to vegetation and moisture. A minimum value of 8.57°C was observed for reflective water bodies, while a maximum of 30.34°C was observed for industrial areas. The relationship between the LUC and LST maps was analysed. LST was found to be positively correlated with impervious surface but negatively correlated with vegetated land.
Keywords :
geophysical image processing; infrared imaging; land surface temperature; land use planning; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; ASTER thermal images; Iran; LST maps; LUC maps; Tabriz city; industrial areas; land cover; land use; moisture; reflective water bodies; thermal remote sensing; urban land surface temperature; vegetated land; vegetation; Cities and towns; Land surface; Land surface temperature; Remote sensing; Satellites; Temperature sensors; Vegetation mapping; ASTER; Land surface temperature; Tabriz city; Thermal remote sensing; land use;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351056
