A Modified Change Vector Approach for Quantifying Land Cover Change

Impact of urban land cover change on land surface temperature

The rapid growth in urban population is seen to create a need for the development of more urban infrastructures. In order to meet this need, natural surfaces such as vegetation are been replaced with non-vegetated surfaces such as asphalt and bricks which has the ability to absorb heat and release it later. This change in land cover is seen to increase the land surface temperature. Previous stu...

Modeling Land-use and Land-cover Change

Models are used in a variety of fields, including land change science, to better understand the dynamics of systems, to develop hypotheses that can be tested empirically, and to make predictions and/or evaluate scenarios for use in assessment activities. Modeling is an important component of each of the three foci outlined in the science plan of the Land-use and -cover change (LUCC) project (Tu...

An Object-oriented Approach to Urban Land Cover Change Detection

Over the past decades, most of the remote sensing studies dealt with natural environment. The advance of remote sensing satellites and the innovative methods of proceeding high resolution images have contributed to integrated urban studies. This project is an attempt to use remote sensing technology so as to monitor the urban sprawl of the city of Thessaloniki and detect the changes occurred th...

Investigation of the process of land cover change using metrics and land change processes in Gorganrood watershed

Aims and Background: The present study purpose to investigate and predict the changes of metrics and Landscape change processes in the Gorganrood watershed in Golestan province.  Methodology: First, land cover maps were prepared in 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2020. Then predict land cover changes for future conditions, under two scenarios (1) continuation of the current trend of change for 2040 and (...

MODIS Enhanced Land Cover and Land Cover Change Product Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents (ATBD) Version 2.0 MODIS Enhanced Land Cover and Land Cover Change Principal Investigator: