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Geospatial technology–based analysis of land use land cover dynamics and its effects on land surface temperature in Guder River sub-basin, Abay Basin, Ethiopia

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Land surface temperature (LST) is increasing due to the decline of vegetation cover and an increase in barren land in the Guder River sub-basin. In the present study, LST, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Normalized Difference Bareness Index (NDBaI), and land use land cover (LULC) and the relationship between them were estimated using thermal bands and multispectral bands from Landsat TM from 1990, ETM + from 2000, and OLI/TIRS from 2020. The LST of the study area is increased by 11.3 °C from 1990 to 2020 due to the loss of vegetation cover and expansion of barren land. The relationships between LST, NDVI, and NDBaI were estimated using correlation analysis. The NDBaI has strong positive relationship with LST (R2 = 0.96), while NDVI has a strong negative relationship with LST (R2 = 0.96). The mean LST was increased over cultivated land and bare land by 11.3 °C and 10.6 °C from 1990 to 2020, respectively. Consequently, expansion of cultivated land and bare land was the main reason for the increase of LST. We recommend that decision-makers and concerned stakeholders to promote the importance of vegetation cover in climate change mitigation and minimizing LST.

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The authors acknowledge Wollega University Faculty of Technology and Wollega University College of Natural and Computational Sciences and Jimma University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine for the existing facilities to carry out desktop analysis.

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  2. Department of Earth Sciences, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Wollega University Nekemte Campus, Nekemte, Ethiopia

    Indale Niguse Dejene

  3. Department of Natural Resource Management, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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Moisa, M.B., Dejene, I.N. & Gemeda, D.O. Geospatial technology–based analysis of land use land cover dynamics and its effects on land surface temperature in Guder River sub-basin, Abay Basin, Ethiopia. Appl Geomat 14, 451–463 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12518-022-00445-z

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