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Land Surface Temperature Analysis in an Urbanising Landscape through Multi-Resolution data |
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Ramachandra T V 1,2,3,* Bharath H. Aithal 1,2 Durgappa Sanna D.2
1 Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Center for Ecological Sciences [CES],
2 Centre for Sustainable Technologies (astra),
3 Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning [CiSTUP],
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560 012, India
*Corresponding author: cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in
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Study Area
This analysis has been carried out for Himachal Pradesh, which lies between the Latitudes: 30o 22' 40"N to 30o 12' 40"N, Longitude: 75o 47' 55"E to 79o 04' 20"E (figure 1). LST was computed for a region lying between the latitudes: 30o 18' 30"N to 30o 10' 30"N and Longitude: 76o 19' 35"E to 78o 59' 10"E and covers Shimla. Himachal comprises 12 districts in total, covering the area of 55,673 sq km. Its total population is 6,077,248 as per 2001 census. Shimla is the state capital of Himachal Pradesh, with its population around 7,21,745 as per 2001 census with geographical area of 5131 sq. km. Density of population in Himachal Pradesh is 109 per sq. km. Himachal Pradesh is one of the Major Indian state undergoing rapid urbanisation. Labour Force has about 49.3% of total population employed in Industrial sectors. Industries located in Himachal as on 31/03/2010 are 36845 (micro, small, medium and large Enterprises) of which 444 are in medium and large scale industries.
Figure 1: Study area - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
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Citation : Ramachandra. T.V., Bharath H. Aithal and Durgappa Sanna D., 2012. Land Surface Temperature Analysis in an Urbanising Landscape through Multi-Resolution Data., Journal of Space Science & Technology, Volume 1, Issue 1, April 2012, Pages 1-10.
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