Improving Land Surface Temperature Retrievals over Mountainous Regions

Improving Land Surface Temperature Retrievals over Mountainous Regions

Algorithms for Land Surface Temperature (LST) retrieval from infrared measurements are usually sensitive to the amount of water vapor present in the atmosphere. The Satellite Application Facilities on Climate Monitoring and Land Surface Analysis (CM SAF and LSA SAF) are currently compiling a 25 year LST Climate data record (CDR), which uses water vapor information from ERA-Int reanalysis. Howev...

Editorial: The Atmosphere over Mountainous Regions

Overview of Smos Retrievals over Land

The first dedicated Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission (SMOS) has been launched by the European Space Agency on November 2, 2009. One novel aspect of this innovative spaceborne sensor is the use of the multi incidence angle observations for soil moisture retrieval [1]. The mission will deliver soil moisture products at least once every 3 day morning and evening at a 50 km spatial resoluti...

Using Microwave Brightness Temperature Diurnal Cycle to Improve Emissivity Retrievals Over Land

Using microwave brightness temperature diurnal cycle to improve emissivity retrievals over land" (2012). a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Emissivity Brightness temperature Diurnal cycle Land Passive microwave Effective temperature Vegetation Soil moisture To retrieve microwave land emissivity, infrared surface skin temperatures have been used as surface physical temperature since...

Impact of urban land cover change on land surface temperature

The rapid growth in urban population is seen to create a need for the development of more urban infrastructures. In order to meet this need, natural surfaces such as vegetation are been replaced with non-vegetated surfaces such as asphalt and bricks which has the ability to absorb heat and release it later. This change in land cover is seen to increase the land surface temperature. Previous stu...