Abstract: This study analyses the changes which occur in the city of Okigwe in Imo State and identify the land surface temperature variations among the land cover types by utilizing geospatial techniques. The aim of the study is to determine the changes in the land cover and consequently evaluate the changes in the land surface temperature for three different study epochs. Three Landsat imageries were utilized to include Landsat 5 TM, which was obtained in December 1986, Landsat 7 ETM +, obtained in December 2000 and Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS, which was obtained in December 2018. Land Use/Land Cover categories for the study were obtained through the use of supervised classification techniques.......
Keywords: Land surface Temperature, Landsat Imageries, Land Use, Land Cover, NDVI
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