THE RELATION BETWEEN SITUATION OF LAND COVER 300M AROUND AND MICROCLIMATE AT WEATHER OBSERVATION POINT IN VARIOUS PARTS IN JAPAN

Abstract

This report is based on the research of the influence of land cover change on the city climate using remote sensing data. Data from two periods with a fifteen year interval was analyzed. The land cover classification of a plot of land 600m by 600m was analyzed at 225 weather stations. At 145 of the 225 points, there was no change in land cover. At the 80 points experiencing the greatest change, land cover tended to urbanize.As for the un-changed points, the average temperature inclination was 0.052 degrees Celsius per year, and at urbanized points, the average temperature inclination was 0.067 degrees Celsius per year. The relation between temperature inclination and urbanized index UI and normalized vegetation index NDVI was also analyzed. There is correlation with temperature inclination and UI and NDVI.