Continuation of Analyzing Long-Term Drought Effects on Land Surface Temperature and Vegetation Using NOAA Satellite Data

Abstract

According to the State Climate Office of North Carolina, since 2007 the northern coastal plain of North Carolina has been experiencing a long-term summer drought. The team’s objective was to analyze how long-term drought in summer months’ affected vegetation and land surface temperature in the Pasquotank, Perquimans, Camden and Gates county areas. The team collected imagery data through the SeaSpace TeraScan system in order to produce land surface temperature (LST) and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) products. The data products were averaged into monthly and yearly composites so that the team could use TeraVision to depict the differences of values for the products.

Keywords – Land Surface Temperature, TeraScan, Vegetation, TeraVision, USGS

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