Global warming has obtained more and more attention because the global mean surface temperature has increased since the late 19th century. As more than 50% of the human population lives in cities, urbanization has become an important contributor to global warming. The changes in land use/cover include loss of agricultural lands, loss of forest lands, increase of barren area, increase of impermeable surface of the area because of the built-up area, etc. The development of land use land cover is very much useful to the city planner and policymakers. For the sustainable urban ecosystems, the amount of land required for growing the vegetation can be estimated from these studies. One of the major implications of urbanization is an increase in surface temperature and development of Urban Heat Island. Surface temperature is increased by anthropogenic heat discharges due to energy consumption, increased land surface coverage by artificial materials having high heat capacities and conductivities, and the associated decrease in vegetation and water pervious surfaces which reduce the surface temperature through evapotranspiration. Landsat8 images are widely used to observe the land surface temperature. In addition to the development of land use/cover maps band, 6 of the Landsat8 imagery is useful for deriving the surface temperature. Several researchers used Landsat8 imagery to develop land use/cover images as well as temperature images

Author Name: Satyajit Das and Dr. Surjapada Paul

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Keywords: Land Surface Temperature SUHI NDBI NDVI Landsat8 Data.

ISSN: 22493921

EISSN: 22494316

EOI/DOI: 10.12345/ijss.11.01.010

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