Uzair Abbas¹, Zahid Maqbool¹, Muhammad Adnan Shahid^1,2,*, Muhammad Safdar^1,2, Saif Ullah Khan^1,3

Revue Internationale de Géomatique, Vol.34, pp. 655-668, 2025, DOI:10.32604/rig.2025.064279 - 11 August 2025

Abstract This study was conducted to devise an integrated methodology for retrieval of surface soil moisture (SSM) using Landsat 8 TIRS data. For this purpose, Landsat 8 images of 15 May 2021 (pre-monsoon) and 20 November 2021 (post-monsoon) were processed for retrieval of soil moisture index (SMI) based on land surface temperature (LST). Moreover, field-based SM in the laboratory was also determined and correlated with satellite-based SMI. A moderate correlation between field-based SM and satellite-based SMI with R² = 0.60 was obtained. Based on this relationship, SSM maps of Tehsil Faisalabad Saddar for the pre-and post-monsoon seasons… More >

Aqeel Shah Abdul Halim Shah^1,2, Nafisah Khalid^1,*, Abdul Rauf Abdul Rasam¹

Revue Internationale de Géomatique, Vol.34, pp. 603-617, 2025, DOI:10.32604/rig.2025.065369 - 06 August 2025

Abstract Urban green spaces (UGS) play a crucial role in promoting ecological, social, and environmental sustainability. UGS play a key role in reducing land surface temperature (LST) in rapidly urbanizing areas, thereby mitigating the urban heat island (UHI) effect. This paper conducts an extensive analysis of land use, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), and LST to examine the influence of the environmental landscapes of Shah Alam and Putrajaya from 2014 to 2023 on the variation of LST. In 2014, NDVI values in Shah Alam ranged from 0.35 to 0.50, fluctuating to 0.32 to 0.48 in 2023.… More > Graphic Abstract

Shahab Ul Islam¹, Saifullah Jan², Abdul Waheed^3,4,*, Gulzar Mehmood⁵, Mahdi Zareei⁶, Faisal Alanazi⁷

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.2, pp. 4123-4145, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.019226 - 27 September 2021

Abstract Spatial and temporal information on urban infrastructure is essential and requires various land-cover/land-use planning and management applications. Besides, a change in infrastructure has a direct impact on other land-cover and climatic conditions. This study assessed changes in the rate and spatial distribution of Peshawar district’s infrastructure and its effects on Land Surface Temperature (LST) during the years 1996 and 2019. For this purpose, firstly, satellite images of bands7 and 8 ETM+(Enhanced Thematic Mapper) plus and OLI (Operational Land Imager) of 30 m resolution were taken. Secondly, for classification and image processing, remote sensing (RS) applications… More >