Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Environmental Sciences

Application of remote sensing in extracting ground surface temperature and examining its compliance with land use patterns

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Geography and Rural Planning, Faculty of Social Sciences, Mohaghegh Ardabili University

2 Haraz University Amol

10.22034/rsgi.2022.14398

Abstract

Surface temperature, including soil, water, snow, and vegetation, are among the variables used in a wide range of earth science and environmental studies. Ground surface temperature is usually monitored at a point in a limited number of points, which are usually measuring stations. When spatial distribution of surface temperature over a wide area and simultaneously is required, remote sensing technology has many capabilities. Due to the capability of remote sensing techniques in the study of physical properties of the earth, in this study, to evaluate the relationship between surface temperature and land use, using the Landsat8-TIRS image, the surface temperature was calculated using the Split Window method. And the land use pattern was extracted by object-oriented classification method in an area of 22218.33 square kilometers, located in northwestern Iran. The results show that the surface temperature is strongly affected by surface moisture and vegetation density, so that surfaces with low humidity and low density vegetation show the highest temperature on thermal images. In the study area, barren lands with a temperature of 33.9 ° C and water levels such as; The lakes behind the reservoir dam, with a temperature of 27.11 ° C, have the highest and lowest surface temperatures, respectively, among the existing land uses. The results of this research can be used for environmental planning.

Keywords

دمای سطح زمین شامل خاک، آب، برف و پوشش گیاهی از جمله متغیرهایی است که در دامنه وسیعی از مطالعات و تحقیقات علوم زمین و محیط زیست کاربرد دارد. معمولًاً دمای سطح زمین به صورت نقطهای در تعداد محدودی از نقاط که عموماً ایستگاههای اندازهگیری میباشند، مورد پایش قرار میگیرد. در مواقعی که توزیع مکانی دمای سطح در پهنه وسیع و به طور همزمان مورد نیاز است، فنآوری سنجش از دور دارای قابلیتهای بسیاری میباشد. با توجه به توانمندی تکنیکهای سنجش از دوری در مطالعات خصوصیات فیزیکی سطح زمین، در این تحقیق، جهت ارزیابی ارتباط بین دمای سطح زمین و نوع کاربری اراضی، با استفاده از تصویر Landsat8-TIRS، اقدام به محاسبه دمای سطح زمین به روش Split Window و استخراج الگوی کاربری اراضی به روش طبقهبندی شیگرا در منطقهای به وسعت 33/2290 کیلومتر مربع، واقع در شمالغرب ایران شد. نتایج بدست آمده حاوی این مطلب است که دمای سطح زمین به شدت از رطوبت سطحی و تراکم پوشش گیاهی تأثیر میپذیرد، بهطوریکه سطوحی که دارای رطوبت کم و پوشش گیاهی کم تراکم باشند، بیشترین دما را بر روی تصاویر حرارتی از خود نشان میدهند. در منطقه مورد مطالعه، زمینهای بایر با دمای 1/33 درجه سانتیگراد و سطوح آبی مانند؛ دریاچه پشت سد مخزنی، با دمای 99/22 سانتیگراد، به ترتیب دارای بیشترین و کمترین دمای سطح، در بین کاربریهای موجود، هستند. نتایج این تحقیق برای برنامهریزیهای محیطی و زیست محیطی قابل استفاده میباشد.

کلمات کلیدی: سنجش از دور، دمای سطح زمین، کاربری اراضی ،Split Window ،Landsat8-TIRS، طبقه بندی شیگرا.

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Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Environmental Sciences
Volume 1, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
March 2022
Pages 51-66
  • Receive Date: 10 November 2021
  • Revise Date: 29 January 2022
  • Accept Date: 07 February 2022