Analysis of Spatio-temporal Land Surface Temperature and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Changes in the Andassa Watershed, Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia

doi:10.5814/j.issn.1674-764X.2019.01.010

Abstract

Abstract:

Analysis of the nexus between vegetation dynamics and climatic parameters like surface temperature is essential in environmental and ecological studies and for monitoring of the natural resources. This study explored the spatio-temporal distribution of land surface temperature (LST) and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and the relationship between them in the Andassa watershed from 1986 to 2016 periods using Landsat data. Monthly average air temperature data of three meteorological sites were used for validating the results. The findings of the study showed that the LST of the Andassa watershed has increased during the study periods. Overall, average LST has been rising with an increasing rate of 0.081°C per year. Other results of this study also showed that there has been a dynamic change in vegetation cover of the watershed in all seasons. There was also a negative correlation between LST and NDVI in all the studied years. From this study we can understand that there has been degradation of vegetation and intensification of LST from 1986 to 2016.

Key words: landsat data, land surface temperature (LST), NDVI, vegetation cover

Melkamu Meseret Alemu. Analysis of Spatio-temporal Land Surface Temperature and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Changes in the Andassa Watershed, Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia[J]. Journal of Resources and Ecology, 2019, 10(1): 77-85.

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Satellite image	Path/row	Sensor	Resolution (m)	No. of bands	Date of acquisition
Landsat-5	170/52	TM	30	7	04-02-1986
Landsat-5	170/52	TM	30	7	11-02-2000
Landsat-8	170/52	OLI-TIRS	30	11	07-02-2016

Satellite image	Path/row	Sensor	Resolution (m)	No. of bands	Date of acquisition
Landsat-5	170/52	TM	30	7	04-02-1986
Landsat-5	170/52	TM	30	7	11-02-2000
Landsat-8	170/52	OLI-TIRS	30	11	07-02-2016

Variable	Description	Value
Variable	Description	(Landsat-5 TM)	(Landsat-8 OLI-TIRS)
K₁	Thermal constant	607.76	774.8853
K₂	Thermal constant	1260.56	1321.0789
L_min	Minimum value of Radiance	1.238	0.10033
L_max	Maximum value of Radiance	15.303	22.00180
Q_calmin	Minimum Quantize Calibration	1	1
Q_calmax	Maximum Quantize Calibration	255	65535

Variable	Description	Value
Variable	Description	(Landsat-5 TM)	(Landsat-8 OLI-TIRS)
K₁	Thermal constant	607.76	774.8853
K₂	Thermal constant	1260.56	1321.0789
L_min	Minimum value of Radiance	1.238	0.10033
L_max	Maximum value of Radiance	15.303	22.00180
Q_calmin	Minimum Quantize Calibration	1	1
Q_calmax	Maximum Quantize Calibration	255	65535

NDVI	1986		2000		2016
NDVI	Area (ha)	Percent (%)	Area (ha)	Percent (%)	Area (ha)	Percent (%)
&#x0003C;0	120.33	0.20	72.72	0.12	13.86	0.02
0-0.1	26505.09	43.47	26728.11	43.84	3292.65	5.40
0.1-0.2	26319.42	43.17	24039.99	39.43	40717.98	66.79
0.2-0.3	6464.16	10.61	7447.95	12.22	14968.26	24.55
0.3-0.4	1367.91	2.24	2197.08	3.60	1838.52	3.02
&#x0003E;0.4	190.98	0.31	482.04	0.79	136.62	0.22