Impact of urban land-cover changes on the spatial-temporal land surface temperature in a tropical City of Mexico

dc.creatorPalafox Juárez
dc.creatorJorge Omar López_Martínez
dc.creatorJOSE LUIS HERNANDEZ STEFANONI
dc.creatorHéctor Hernández Núñez
dc.date2021
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-21T19:19:48Z
dc.date.available2023-07-21T19:19:48Z
dc.identifierhttp://cicy.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1003/2086
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7737631
dc.descriptionClimate change has severe consequences on ecosystem processes, as well as on people’s quality of life. It has been suggested that the loss of vegetation cover increases the land surface temperature (LST) due to modifications in biogeochemical patterns, generating a phenomenon known as “urban heat island” (UHI). The aim of this work was to analyze the effects of urban land-cover changes on the spatiotemporal variation of surface temperature in the tropical city of Mérida, Mexico. To find these effects we used both detected land-cover changes as well as variations of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). Mérida is ranked worldwide as one of the best cities to live due to its quality of life. Data from satellite images of Landsat were analyzed to calculate land use change (LUC), LST, and NDVI. LST increased ca. 4 °C in the dry season and 3 °C in the wet season because of the LUC. In addition, a positive relationship between the LST and the NDVI was observed mainly in the dry season. The results confirm an increase in the LST as a consequence of the loss of vegetation cover, which favors the urban heat island phenomenon.
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dc.languageeng
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/datasetDOI/https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10020076
dc.relationcitation:Palafox-Juárez, E. B., López-Martínez, J. O., Hernández-Stefanoni, J. L., & Hernández-Nuñez, H. (2021). Impact of urban land-cover changes on the spatial-temporal land surface temperature in a tropical City of Mexico. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 10(2), 76.
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.sourceISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 10(2), 76, 2021.
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autores/URBAN HEAT ISLAND
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autores/LAND USE CHANGE
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autores/REMOTE SENSING
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autores/LANDSAT SENSOR
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/2
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/24
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/2417
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/241713
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/241713
dc.titleImpact of urban land-cover changes on the spatial-temporal land surface temperature in a tropical City of Mexico
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


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