scholarly journals Modeling ground surface temperature by means of remote sensing data in high-altitude areas: test in the central Tibetan Plateau with application of moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer Terra/Aqua land surface temperature and ground-based infrared radiometer

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 083516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Defu Zou ◽  
Lin Zhao ◽  
Tonghua Wu ◽  
Xiaodong Wu ◽  
Qiangqiang Pang ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1133
Author(s):  
Yufan Qie ◽  
Ninglian Wang ◽  
Yuwei Wu ◽  
An’an Chen

In the context of global warming, the land surface temperature (LST) from remote sensing data is one of the most useful indicators to directly quantify the degree of climate warming in high-altitude mountainous areas where meteorological observations are sparse. Using the daily Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) LST product (MOD11A1 V6) after eliminating pixels that might be contaminated by clouds, this paper analyzes temporal and spatial variations in the mean LST on the Purog Kangri ice field, Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, in winter from 2001 to 2018. There was a large increasing trend in LST (0.116 ± 0.05 °C·a−1) on the Purog Kangri ice field during December, while there was no evident LST rising trend in January and February. In December, both the significantly decreased albedo (−0.002 a−1, based on the MOD10A1 V6 albedo product) on the ice field surface and the significantly increased number of clear days (0.322 d·a−1) may be the main reason for the significant warming trend in the ice field. In addition, although the two highest LST of December were observed in 2017 and 2018, a longer data set is needed to determine whether this is an anomaly or a hint of a warmer phase of the Purog Kangri ice field in December.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Getachew Bayable ◽  
Getnet Alemu

Abstract The aggravating deforestation, industrialization and urbanization are increasingly becoming the principal causes for environmental challenges worldwide. As a result, satellite-based remote sensing helps to explore the environmental challenges spatially and temporally. This investigation analyzed the spatiotemporal discrepancies in Land Surface Temperature (LST) and the link with elevation in Amhara region, Ethiopia. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) LST data (2001–2020) was used. The pixel-based linear regression model was employed to explore the spatiotemporal discrepancies of LST changes pixel-wise. Furthermore, Sen's slope and Mann-Kendall were used for determining the extent of temporal shifts of the areal average LST and evaluating trends in areal average LST values, respectively. Coefficient of Variation (CV) was calculated to examine spatial and temporal discrepancies in seasonal and annual LST for each pixel. The distribution of average seasonal LST spatially ranged from 43.45–16.62℃, 39.89–14.59℃, 50.39-21.102℃ and 43.164–20.39℃ for autumn (September-November), summer (June-August), spring (March-May) and winter (December-February) seasons, respectively. The seasonal LST CV varied from1.096-10.72%, 0.7–11.06%, 1.29–14.76% and 2.19–10.35% for average autumn, summer, spring and winter seasons, respectively. The seasonal spatial LST trend varied from − 0.7 − 0.16, -0.4-0.224, 0.6 − 0.19 and − 0.6 − 0.32 for average autumn, summer, spring and winter seasons, respectively. Besides, the annual spatial LST slope varied from − 0.58 − 0.17. An insignificantly declining trend in LST shown at 0.036℃ yr− 1, 0.041℃ yr− 1, 0.074℃ yr− 1, 0.005℃ yr− 1 in autumn, summer, spring and winter seasons (P < 0.05), respectively. Moreover, the annual variations of mean LST decreased insignificantly at 0.046℃ yr− 1. Generally, the LST is tremendously variable in space and time and negatively correlated with an elevation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
Azad Rasul ◽  
Luqman W. Omar

Earthquake every year leads to human and material losses and unpredictability of it by now makes this natural disaster worsen. The objective of the current study was to determine the anomalies in land surface temperature (LST) in areas affected by earthquakes. In this research, three earthquakes (M >6) were studied. Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Aqua and Terra day and night LST data used from 2003 to 2018. The interquartile range (IQR) and mean ± 2σ methods utilized to select anomalies. As a result, based on the IQR method, no prior and after anomaly detected in selected cases and data. Based on mean ± 2σ, usually positive anomaly occurred during daytime. However, negative (or positive) anomaly occurred during the nighttime before the Mexico and Bolivia earthquakes. During 10 days after the earthquake, sometimes a negative anomaly detected.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Munawar Munawar ◽  
Tofan Agung Eka Prasetya ◽  
Rhysa McNeil ◽  
Rohana Jani

Abstract Increased temperature is one of the signals of global warming. Trends in land surface temperature can be used to measure climate change. This research aimed to investigate the variation of land surface temperature in Borneo island using a cubic spline method and a multivariate regression model. The island was divided into 8 regions each comprising 9 subregions. Land surface temperatures for each subregion from 2000 to 2019 was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer database. The average increase in temperature was 0.2oC per decade with a 95% confidence interval of (0.14, 0.27). The changes differed by region; a significant increase was seen in Sarawak, North Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, West-central Kalimantan, Central-east Kalimantan region, a slight decrease in Sabah and Brunei Darussalam (Sabah & Brunei) region, a slight increase in East Kalimantan and a stable trend in South Kalimantan.


Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1315
Author(s):  
Xiaoying Ouyang ◽  
Dongmei Chen ◽  
Shugui Zhou ◽  
Rui Zhang ◽  
Jinxin Yang ◽  
...  

Satellite-derived lake surface water temperature (LSWT) measurements can be used for monitoring purposes. However, analyses based on the LSWT of Lake Ontario and the surrounding land surface temperature (LST) are scarce in the current literature. First, we provide an evaluation of the commonly used Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)-derived LSWT/LST (MOD11A1 and MYD11A1) using in situ measurements near the area of where Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence River and the Rideau Canal meet. The MODIS datasets agreed well with ground sites measurements from 2015–2017, with an R2 consistently over 0.90. Among the different ground measurement sites, the best results were achieved for Hill Island, with a correlation of 0.99 and centered root mean square difference (RMSD) of 0.73 K for Aqua/MYD nighttime. The validated MODIS datasets were used to analyze the temperature trend over the study area from 2001 to 2018, through a linear regression method with a Mann–Kendall test. A slight warming trend was found, with 95% confidence over the ground sites from 2003 to 2012 for the MYD11A1-Night datasets. The warming trend for the whole region, including both the lake and the land, was about 0.17 K year−1 for the MYD11A1 datasets during 2003–2012, whereas it was about 0.06 K year−1 during 2003–2018. There was also a spatial pattern of warming, but the trend for the lake region was not obviously different from that of the land region. For the monthly trends, the warming trends for September and October from 2013 to 2018 are much more apparent than those of other months.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 2771 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu She ◽  
Hankui Zhang ◽  
Weile Wang ◽  
Yujie Wang ◽  
Yun Shi

Himawari-8, operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), is a new generation geostationary satellite that provides remote sensing data to retrieve atmospheric aerosol optical depth (AOD) at high spatial (1 km) and high temporal (10 min) resolutions. The Geostationary- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth exchange (GeoNEX) project recently adapted the multiangle implementation of atmospheric correction (MAIAC) algorithm, originally developed for joint retrieval of AOD and surface anisotropic reflectance with the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) data, to generate Earth monitoring products from the latest geostationary satellites including Himawari-8. This study evaluated the GeoNEX Himawari-8 ~1 km MAIAC AOD retrieved over all the aerosol robotic network (AERONET) sites between 6°N–30°N and 91°E–127°E. The corresponding JMA Himawari-8 AOD products were also evaluated for comparison. We only used cloud-free and the best quality satellite AOD retrievals and compiled a total of 16,532 MAIAC-AERONET and 21,737 JMA-AERONET contemporaneous pairs of AOD values for 2017. Statistical analyses showed that both MAIAC and JMA data are highly correlated with AERONET AOD, with the correlation coefficient (R) of ~0.77, and the root mean squared error (RMSE) of ~0.16. The absolute bias of MAIAC AOD (0.02 overestimation) appears smaller than that of the JMA AOD (0.05 underestimation). In comparison with the JMA data, the time series of MAIAC AOD were more consistent with AERONET AOD values and better capture the diurnal variations of the latter. The dependence of MAIAC AOD bias on scattering angles is also discussed.


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