This repository contains a comprehensive analysis of Land Surface Temperature (LST) trends in Kano Municipal, Nigeria from 2013 to 2024 using Landsat 8 imagery. The analysis examines LST variations across different land use categories and employs multiple statistical methods to identify significant trends and patterns.
# Spatiotemporal Land Surface Temperature Trend Analysis of Kano Municipality (2013-2024)
## Overview
This repository contains a comprehensive analysis of Land Surface Temperature (LST) trends in Kano Municipal, Nigeria from 2013 to 2024 using Landsat 8 imagery. The analysis examines LST variations across different land use categories and employs multiple statistical methods to identify significant trends and patterns.
## Project Objectives
- Analyze the LST trends in Kano Municipal over an 11-year period (2013-2024)
- Identify land use specific temperature patterns and their changes over time
- Determine the statistical significance of observed trends
- Examine spatial distribution of temperature changes in the study area
- Assess extreme temperature events and their frequency
## Data
- **Boundary Data**: Boundary data from FAO
- **Primary Data**: Landsat 8 satellite imagery (2013-2024)
- **Land Use Classification**: Built-Up Area (BUA), Bare land, Cropland, Tree cover, Shrubland, and Grassland from ESA WorldCover 10m v100
- **Points of Interest (POI)**: LST values extracted for various land use categories
## Methodology
The study employed multiple analytical approaches to ensure robust results:
1. **Data Collection**: Landsat 8 imagery was retrievd for the years 2013 to 2024 using google earth engine (GEE).
2. **Land Surface Temperature Calculation**: THe rtrieved Landsat image collection was processed and used to calculate LST from 2013 to 2024. The resulting images were in form of image collection
3. **Land Use POI**:
- Identification of different land use categories using the ESA 10m Land Cover classification
- Selection of Points of Interest (POI) for each land use type (in QGIS)
- Extraction of LST values at these points
4. **Statistical Analysis**:
- **Mann-Kendall Test**: Non-parametric test used to assess the significance of trends in LST over time.
- **Quantile Regression Analysis (QR)**: Analysis of trends across different temperature percentiles.
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