scholarly journals Derivation daily and high spatial resolution Land Surface Temperature using Fusion of Landsat and Modis Satellite Imagery

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-99
Author(s):  
Parisa Mohammadizadeh ◽  
Saeid Hamzeh ◽  
Majid Kiavarz ◽  
Ali Darvishi Blorani ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
Satellite Imagery ◽  
Land Surface Temperature ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
High Spatial Resolution

scholarly journals A Random Forest-Based Data Fusion Method for Obtaining All-Weather Land Surface Temperature with High Spatial Resolution

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 2211
Author(s):  
Shuo Xu ◽  
Jie Cheng ◽  
Quan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Random Forest ◽  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
Land Surface Temperature ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
High Spatial Resolution ◽  
Learning Algorithm ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Fusion Method ◽  
Moisture Condition

Land surface temperature (LST) is an important parameter for mirroring the water–heat exchange and balance on the Earth’s surface. Passive microwave (PMW) LST can make up for the lack of thermal infrared (TIR) LST caused by cloud contamination, but its resolution is relatively low. In this study, we developed a TIR and PWM LST fusion method on based the random forest (RF) machine learning algorithm to obtain the all-weather LST with high spatial resolution. Since LST is closely related to land cover (LC) types, terrain, vegetation conditions, moisture condition, and solar radiation, these variables were selected as candidate auxiliary variables to establish the best model to obtain the fusion results of mainland China during 2010. In general, the fusion LST had higher spatial integrity than the MODIS LST and higher accuracy than downscaled AMSR-E LST. Additionally, the magnitude of LST data in the fusion results was consistent with the general spatiotemporal variations of LST. Compared with in situ observations, the RMSE of clear-sky fused LST and cloudy-sky fused LST were 2.12–4.50 K and 3.45–4.89 K, respectively. Combining the RF method and the DINEOF method, a complete all-weather LST with a spatial resolution of 0.01° can be obtained.

scholarly journals Google Earth Engine Open-Source Code for Land Surface Temperature Estimation from the Landsat Series

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 1471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia L. Ermida ◽  
Patrícia Soares ◽  
Vasco Mantas ◽  
Frank-M. Göttsche ◽  
Isabel F. Trigo
Keyword(s):  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
Land Surface Temperature ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
High Spatial Resolution ◽  
Urban Climate ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Temperature Estimation ◽  
Google Earth Engine

Land Surface Temperature (LST) is increasingly important for various studies assessing land surface conditions, e.g., studies of urban climate, evapotranspiration, and vegetation stress. The Landsat series of satellites have the potential to provide LST estimates at a high spatial resolution, which is particularly appropriate for local or small-scale studies. Numerous studies have proposed LST retrieval algorithms for the Landsat series, and some datasets are available online. However, those datasets generally require the users to be able to handle large volumes of data. Google Earth Engine (GEE) is an online platform created to allow remote sensing users to easily perform big data analyses without increasing the demand for local computing resources. However, high spatial resolution LST datasets are currently not available in GEE. Here we provide a code repository that allows computing LSTs from Landsat 4, 5, 7, and 8 within GEE. The code may be used freely by users for computing Landsat LST as part of any analysis within GEE.

Downscaling sub-daily Land Surface Temperature time series for monitoring heat in urban environments

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikos Alexandris ◽  
Matteo Piccardo ◽  
Vasileios Syrris ◽  
Alessandro Cescatti ◽  
Gregory Duveiller
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Heat Stress ◽  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
Land Surface Temperature ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
High Temporal Resolution ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Fine Spatial Resolution

<p>The frequency of extreme heat related events is rising. This places the ever growing number of urban dwellers at higher risk. Quantifying these phenomena is important for the development and monitoring of climate change adaptation and mitigation policies. In this context, earth observations offer increasing opportunities to assess these phenomena with an unprecedented level of accuracy and spatial reach. Satellite thermal imaging systems acquire Land Surface Temperature (LST) which is fundamental to run models that study for example hotspots and heatwaves in urban environments.</p><p>Current instruments include TIRS on board Landsat 8 and MODIS on board of Terra satellites. These provide LST products on a monthly basis at 100m and twice per day at 1km respectively. Other sensors on board geostationary satellites, such as MSG and GOES-R, produce sub-hourly thermal images. For example the SEVIRI instrument onboard MSG, captures images every 15 minutes. However, this is done at an even coarser spatial resolution, which is 3 to 5 km in the case of SEVIRI. Nevertheless, none of the existing systems can capture LST synchronously with fine spatial resolution at a high temporal frequency, which is a prerequisite for monitoring heat stress in urban environments.</p><p>Combining LST time series of high temporal resolution (i.e. sub-daily MODIS- or SEVIRI-derived data) with products of fine spatial resolution (i.e. Landsat 8 products), and potentially other related variables (i.e. reflectance, spectral indices, land cover information, terrain parameters and local climatic variables), facilitates the downscaling of LST estimations. Nonetheless, considering the complexity of how distinct surfaces within a city heat-up differently during the course of a day, such a downscaling is meaningful for practically synchronous observations (e.g. Landsat-8 and MODIS Terra’s morning observations).</p><p>The recently launched ECOSTRESS mission provides multiple times in a day high spatial resolution thermal imagery at 70m. Albeit, recording the same locations on Earth every few days at varying times. We explore the associations between ECOSTRESS and Landsat-8 thermal data, based on the incoming radiation load and distinct surface properties characterised from other datasets. In our approach, first we upscale ECOSTRESS data to simulate Landsat-8 images at moments that coincide the acquisition times of other sensors products. In a second step, using the simulated Landsat-8 images, we downscale LST products acquired at later times, such as MODIS Aqua (ca. 13:30) or even the hourly MSG data. This composite downscaling procedure enables an enhanced LST estimation that opens the way for better diagnostics of the heat stress in urban landscapes.</p><p>In this study we discuss in detail the concepts of our approach and present preliminary results produced with the JEODPP, JRC's high throughput computing platform.</p>

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