Analyzing the Relationship between Urban Patterns and Land Surface Temperature Using WorldView-2 and Landsat-ETM＋

Global climate destabilization as a result of the increased urbanization is one of today＇s most urgent issues. The detected urban heat island phenomenon in urbanized areas, combined with the decreased vegetation and the anthropogenic heat discharge, is an example of this climate change and in order to take proper actions to reduce this effect, the urban environmental analysis is more than necessary. This paper aims at analyzing and exploring the relationship between land uses of a densely populated urban area with the LST （land surface temperature） combining with WorldView-2 and Landsat ETM＋ satellite imagery. The available thermal band of the Landsat image is used to extract surface temperatures of the study area on a hot summer day. Continuously, the high resolution satellite image of WorldView-2 is used for extracting the land uses. Zonal statistics were applied highlighting the zones with high and low average temperatures. Additional statistical tests （correlation analysis, analysis of variance-ANOVA, etc.） were applied, for evaluating the interaction between the temperature results with the land use types.