Land use and land cover and urban heat island nexus in Ortahisar and Akçaabat, Trabzon

This study evaluates the impact of Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) on urban heat island (UHI) via meteorological parameters such as monthly mean air temperatures (°C), monthly mean minimum air temperatures (°C), the daily maximum air temperature of the stations is 30 °C and above at 2m, monthly mean wind speed (m/s) at 10m and monthly mean relative humidity (%) at 2m in Ortahisar and Akçaabat districts of Trabzon, Türkiye. In methodology, we selected four different meteorological stations in two categories: urban and rural. These are Akçaabat Station (rural-S1), Trabzon Region Station (urban-S2), Trabzon Airport Station (urban-S3), and Trabzon Port Main Breakwater Station (urban-S4). Next, we used a statistical procedure including descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, and Tukey HSD multi-comparison tests (p < 0.1). The study findings demonstrated that the air temperature variations were much more obvious in monthly minimum mean temperatures (°C) than in monthly mean temperatures. In August, the hottest month, the urban station (S3) was found to be 1.45 °C warmer than the rural station (S1). In January, the coldest month, urban stations (S3 and S4) were detected as 1.36 °C and 1.56 °C warmer than S1. The study findings demonstrated that LULC characteristics were influential in the selected parameters, and there was a clear UHI in Ortahisar of Trabzon, Türkiye.