Land use/land cover changes and bare soil surface temperature monitoring in southeast Brazil

• Published in: Geoderma Regional Vol. 22; p. e00313
• Main Authors: Sayão, Veridiana Maria, dos Santos, Natasha Valadares, de Sousa Mendes, Wanderson, Marques, Karina P.P., Safanelli, José Lucas, Poppiel, Raul Roberto, Demattê, José A.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.09.2020
• Subjects: Acrisols; anthropogenic activities; Arenosols; Brazil; climate; dry season; energy transfer; Environmental monitoring; Ferralsols; forests; land cover; Land surface temperature; land use; Landsat; Leptosols; pastures; rain; Remote sensing; Satellite image classification; soil water content; statistical analysis; straw; surface temperature; texture; time series analysis; Brazil; Leptosols; Satellite image classification; Ferralsols; Acrisols; Arenosols; Land surface temperature; Environmental monitoring; Remote sensing

•LULC changes are mainly related to the sugarcane cultivation and management.•Bare soil and straw had the highest LST.•LST varied on average from 21 to 41 °C and 17–31 °C on moist and dry seasons.•Arenosols presented the highest LST mean values in both seasons.•There was a warming trend on bare soil...