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Impact of spatio-temporal land surface temperature on cropping pattern and land use and land cover changes using satellite imagery, Hafizabad District, Punjab, Province of Pakistan

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Climate change is a growing threat to the agricultural sector. Land surface temperature (LST), as an essential variable in the earth’s climate system, describes processes such as the exchange of energy and water between the earth’s surface and the atmosphere and affects the speed and time of vegetation growth. This study uses satellite images to evaluate the changing trends of climate variables and LST and their effects on cropping patterns in Hafizabad, Punjab. Two leading rice and wheat crops were analyzed from Landsat time series data for 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2018. Through spatial analysis and Iterative Self-Organizing (ISO) data analysis, Landsat satellite images were used for generating LST from 1990 to 2018. After image processing, crops were identified using ISO-data clustering, and crop change trends were calculated at time extension intervals of every 3 years (1989–2019). Regression and correlation analysis were used to assess the effect of LST on crop growth. The image classification reflects an increase in the built-up area from 147.65 to 312.83 km2 and a decline in green space from 187.12 to 21.70 km2. The mean annual LST values were 19.98°C, 24.55°C, 26.22°C, and 31.68°C for the years 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2018. The experimental results show that our technical solution of remote sensing and statistical analysis effectively monitors the impact of climate change on cropping patterns. The study results were beneficial, especially at the decision-making level for local government and for understanding the global scenario for regional planning.

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We would like to pay special thanks to USGS (Earth Explorer) department for providing us Landsat data. We also admire Muhammad Naveed Tahir of University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi, for their facilitation at various stages of the field campaign. We are highly regarding the unspecified reviewers and editors for providing helpful inputs that improved the manuscript.

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The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are not publicly available but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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Aqil Tariq conducted the overall analysis and led the writing of the manuscript, design, and data analysis. Aliraza Shirazi and Saima Siddiqui provided technical inputs and overall supervision for the research, and reviewed the paper. Saima Siddiqui and Syed Hassan Iqbal Ahmed Shah lend their support to authors for writing analysis of Landsat data. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

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Correspondence to Aqil Tariq.

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Tariq, A., Siddiqui, S., Sharifi, A. et al. Impact of spatio-temporal land surface temperature on cropping pattern and land use and land cover changes using satellite imagery, Hafizabad District, Punjab, Province of Pakistan. Arab J Geosci 15, 1045 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-022-10238-8

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