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Land Surface Temperature Variation in Response to Land-Use and Land-Cover Dynamics: A Case of Didessa River Sub-basin in Western Ethiopia

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Land surface temperature (LST) estimation at the River sub-basin level is crucial for developing land-use planning at basin scale and beyond. The present study aims to analyze the LST variations in response to land-use and land-cover (LULC) dynamics in the case of Didessa River Sub-basin, Western Ethiopia using geospatial techniques. We used Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (1991), Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (2003), Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI), and Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS, 2020). Moreover, meteorological data (1991–2020) of seven stations, namely, Sire, Nekemte, Arjo, Limu Genet, Atnago, Agaro, and Yayu, were obtained from National Meteorological Agency to validate the LST with air temperature. Our results reveal that the cultivated land in the study area increased by 1180 km2 (22.5%), while grassland and forest cover were declined by 828.7 km2 (15.8%) and 444.1 km2 (8.5%), respectively over the past 29 years. These land-cover dynamics contributes for the increasing trend of LST in the study area. The study also analyzed relationship of LST with normalized differences in vegetation index and air temperature. Maximum-likelihood classification methods were used for LULC classification, while the LST data were retrieved from Landsat image. The results indicate that the LST has been increasing since 1991 in reaction to LULC dynamics. Within the sub-basin, high LST values were recorded on bare land and settlement land use followed by cultivated land cover, while forest and water body experienced the lowest LST. This study will contribute in understanding of impact of LULC dynamics on the local climate and would further provide assistance to the policy makers in regard to land-use planning and climate change mitigation strategies.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to express our gratitude to Oda Bultum University, Wollega University, Kotebe Metropolitan University, and Jimma University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine for their important laboratory facilities and Internet connections to carry out this research. We are very grateful to Ethiopian National Meteorology Agency for providing meteorological data of the study area. We also acknowledge Dr. Chiranjib Kumar for editorial support and valuable inputs to our manuscript.

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  1. Department of GIS, Institute of Land Administration, Oda Bultum University, Chiro, Ethiopia

    Biratu Bobo Merga

  2. Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Wollega University Shambu Campus, Shambu, Ethiopia

    Mitiku Badasa Moisa

  3. Department of Urban Land Administration, Kotebe Metropolitan University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Daniel Assefa Negash

  4. Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Starkville, USA

    Zia Ahmed

  5. Department of Natural Resources Management, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

    Dessalegn Obsi Gemeda

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BBM: conceptualization, methodology, data collection, software, visualization, data analysis, original draft preparation, and editing. MBM and DAN: methodology, software, data analysis, reviewing, and editing. ZA: methodology, data analysis, and interpretation. DOG: methodology, data analysis, reviewing, and editing the final manuscript. All authors participated in editing the manuscript.

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Merga, B.B., Moisa, M.B., Negash, D.A. et al. Land Surface Temperature Variation in Response to Land-Use and Land-Cover Dynamics: A Case of Didessa River Sub-basin in Western Ethiopia. Earth Syst Environ 6, 803–815 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-022-00303-3

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