Open AccessEstimation of Land Surface Temperature Using LANDSAT 8 Satellite Data of Panchkula District, Haryana
Author(s) -
Raj Kumar,
Ashwani Kumar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of geography, environment and earth science international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2454-7352
DOI - 10.9734/jgeesi/2020/v24i1030263
Subject(s) - satellite , environmental science , remote sensing , land area , land use , scale (ratio) , meteorology , hydrology (agriculture) , geography , climatology , geology , cartography , civil engineering , agricultural science , aerospace engineering , engineering , geotechnical engineering
Land surface temperature (LST) represents hotness of the surface of the Earth at a particular location. Land surface temperature is useful for meteorological, climatological changes, heat island, agriculture, hydrological processes at local, regional and global scale. Presently many satellite sensor data are available for calculation of land surface temperature like Landsat 8 and MODIS. In the present study land surface temperature in Panchkula district of Haryana have been calculated using Landsat 8 satellite data of 5th May 2019 and 28th October 2019. Already available equations were used for computation of LST in the study area. LST in the study area varies from 18°C to 56°C. High LST is observed in cultivation land, urban area while low LST is observed in hilly forest area in the study area. In the study validation of LST could not be done because of not available of temperature data of studied dates, however, the result gives idea of land surface temperature on a particular day and location.