Monitoring and Analysis of Urban Heat Island using Remote Sensing Data – A Case Study of Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria

Aremu O, Bello E, Aganbi B, Aremu P and Machoko J
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Aremu O: Nigeria Meteorological Agency, Directorate of Applied Meteorological Services, Nigeria
Aganbi B: Meteorology Nigeria Meteorological Agency, Nigeria
Aremu P: Meteorology Nigeria Meteorological Agency, Nigeria
Machoko J: Remote/GIS, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, 2017, vol. 4, issue 5, 153-161

Abstract: This study aimed at using remote sensing and GIS to assess the urban heat island (UHI) in Akure town. A time series of Landsat data, from 1986 to 2014, were used in the present study to determine the urban growth and the intensity of urban heat island. The study also examines the spatial distribution of urban surface temperature and NDVI with remotely sensed data in the urban area. It was observed that the greatest urban growth occurred in Akure South with 54.22% and 58.96% in the two periods of study. Also, the greatest urban growth occurred in the second period with a total of 60.20km² compared to the total of 49.96km² in the first period. The urban growth over the entire study area showed a yearly increase of 47.79km².

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Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.19080/IJESNR.2017.04.555647

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