417382

Utilizing Satellite Imagery to Map Lake Surface Temperature and Explore its Effect on Evaporation Rate

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Last updated: 29 Mar 2025

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Environmental engineering

Abstract

This study aims to map the Lake Surface Water Temperature (LSWT) for the northern part of Aswan High Dam Lake (AHDL) within the years 2018, 2019, and 2020; and detect the effect of the estimated LSWT on the evaporation rate. To achieve these objectives, firstly, the LSWT maps were created from the Landsat-8 satellite images, a widely and conventional used method. Moreover, the LSWT maps were also generated by Sentinel-3 Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (Sentinel-3/SLSTR) satellite images. The created temperature maps by Landsat-8 were used to assess the ones produced by Sentinel-3. Then the relationship between the Sentinel-3 derived LSWT and the estimated evaporation rate, provided by floating hydro-meteorological stations within AHDL and reported by annual reports of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI), was determined. After assessing, it was found that the convergence percentage between the estimated temperature values by the Sentinel-3 and those estimated by Landsat-8 (the reference values) ranges from 1.00% to 4.71%, which indicates that the estimated temperature values from both satellite images are very close. Therefore, it is possible to rely on the results of the created temperature maps for the study area by Sentinel-3. Additionally, the study revealed a direct relationship between the evaporation rate and the LSWT estimated by Sentinel-3 within the same year. However, the results demonstrated that changes in the evaporation rate vary from year to year, indicating that LSWT is not the sole factor influencing.

DOI

10.21608/aujes.2025.328326.1296

Keywords

AHDL, LSWT, Sentinel-3/SLSTR, Landsat-8, evaporation rate

Authors

First Name

Mohammed

Last Name

Elsahabi

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Affiliation

Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Aswan University, Egypt

Email

mohamed.sahabi@aswu.edu.eg

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Orcid

0000-0002-6527-1990

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Hussein

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Affiliation

Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Aswan University, Aswan 81542, Egypt.

Email

cemh500@gmail.com

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Soliman

MiddleName

Fekry A.

Affiliation

Civil Eng. Dept., Engineering Faculty, Aswan Uni., Aswan, Egypt

Email

mohamed.soliman@aswu.edu.eg

City

Aswan

Orcid

0000-0003-2926-9508

Volume

6

Article Issue

1

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54481

Issue Date

2025-03-01

Receive Date

2024-10-14

Publish Date

2025-03-01

Page Start

1

Page End

16

Print ISSN

2735-4229

Online ISSN

2735-4237

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https://aujes.journals.ekb.eg/article_417382.html

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1,615

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Publication Title

Aswan University Journal of Environmental Studies

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https://aujes.journals.ekb.eg/

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Utilizing Satellite Imagery to Map Lake Surface Temperature and Explore its Effect on Evaporation Rate

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29 Mar 2025