THE EFFECT OF LAND USE CHANGE ON LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE IN THE NETHERLANDS |
Paper ID : 1066-SMPR-FULL |
Authors: |
Nina Amiri *1, Soheila Youneszadeh2, Petter Pilesjo3 1Karlstr.6, 80333 Munich, Germany 2Dept. of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University 3Dept. of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden |
Abstract: |
The Netherlands is a small country with a relatively large population which experienced a rapid rate of land use changes from 2000 to 2008 years due to the industrialization and population increase. Land use change is especially related to the urban expansion and open agriculture reduction due to the enhanced economic growth. Naturally the Earth surface is covered by different land cover types which are mainly distributed based on the environmental and climatic patterns. By adding the rapidly increasing the human population and his needs to this balanced system, we will face with many disturbances from the concept of how we change the use of the land due to our needs to its capacity or environmental impact. Land use is a change over the time and the most important and primary factor in land use changes is the human need. Human population as settlements and especially large urban and industrial areas could significantly modify their sounding environment. Therefore it is critical to have detailed information of temporal and spatial land use changes and their rate. This research reports an investigation into the application of remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) in combination with statistical methods to provide a quantitative information on the effect of land use change on land surface temperature. The temperature of the skin surface of the land which can be derived from the satellite information or direct measurements provide the Land surface temperature (LST). This is an accurate measurement tool for indicating the energy exchange balance between the atmosphere and the Earth. The degree of land surface temperature (LST) is affected by land surface attributes, which are significantly influenced by elevation, slope and aspect. However, topography is one of the factors that controls the soil moisture distribution and exerting an additional influence on the land surface temperature. In this study, remote sensing techniques were used to retrieve the land surface temperature (LST) by using the MODIS Terra (MOD11A2) Satellite imagery product. The Netherlands has an almost flat topography, so it can be a proper case to separate the effect of topographic factors from the land use properties on land surface temperature (LST) behaviour. As land use change alters the thermal environment, land surface temperature (LST) could be a proper change indicator to show the thermal changes in relation with land use changes. Geographic information system was further applied to extract the mean yearly land surface temperature (LST) for each land use type and each province in 2003, 2006 and 2008 years, by using the zonal statistic techniques. The combination of the land use analysis result with mean land surface temperature (LST) can offer useful information to study the urban land use change effects in the Dutch cities. The results show that inland water and offshore area has the highest night land surface temperature (LST) and Zued (South)-Holland province has the highest night LST value in 2003, 2006 and 2008 years. The result of this research will be helpful for urban planners and environmental scientists by providing the critical information on the surface temperature. |
Keywords: |
GIS, remote sensing, MODIS, land surface temperature, LST |
Status : Paper Accepted (Oral Presentation) |