Satellite remote sensing of global land surface temperature: Definition, methods, products, and applications

ZL Li, H Wu, SB Duan, W Zhao, H Ren… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Land surface temperature (LST) is a crucial parameter that reflects land–atmosphere
interaction and has thus attracted wide interest from geoscientists. Owing to the rapid …

NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms

K Cawse-Nicholson, PA Townsend, D Schimel… - Remote sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The 2017–2027 National Academies' Decadal Survey, Thriving on Our Changing
Planet, recommended Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) as a “Designated Targeted …

Tropical forests are approaching critical temperature thresholds

CE Doughty, JM Keany, BC Wiebe, C Rey-Sanchez… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The critical temperature beyond which photosynthetic machinery in tropical trees begins to
fail averages approximately 46.7° C (T crit). However, it remains unclear whether leaf …

The role of urban trees in reducing land surface temperatures in European cities

J Schwaab, R Meier, G Mussetti, S Seneviratne… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Urban trees influence temperatures in cities. However, their effectiveness at mitigating urban
heat in different climatic contexts and in comparison to treeless urban green spaces has not …

Land surface temperature retrieval from Landsat 5, 7, and 8 over rural areas: Assessment of different retrieval algorithms and emissivity models and toolbox …

A Sekertekin, S Bonafoni - Remote sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Land Surface Temperature (LST) is an important parameter for many scientific disciplines
since it affects the interaction between the land and the atmosphere. Many LST retrieval …

[HTML][HTML] Current and near-term advances in Earth observation for ecological applications

SL Ustin, EM Middleton - Ecological Processes, 2021 - Springer
There is an unprecedented array of new satellite technologies with capabilities for
advancing our understanding of ecological processes and the changing composition of the …

Land surface temperature retrieval from Landsat 8 TIRS—Comparison between radiative transfer equation-based method, split window algorithm and single channel …

X Yu, X Guo, Z Wu - Remote sensing, 2014 - mdpi.com
Accurate inversion of land surface geo/biophysical variables from remote sensing data for
earth observation applications is an essential and challenging topic for the global change …

[HTML][HTML] Satellite-derived land surface temperature: Current status and perspectives

ZL Li, BH Tang, H Wu, H Ren, G Yan, Z Wan… - Remote sensing of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Land surface temperature (LST) is one of the key parameters in the physics of land surface
processes from local through global scales. The importance of LST is being increasingly …

Heat-assisted detection and ranging

F Bao, X Wang, SH Sureshbabu, G Sreekumar, L Yang… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Machine perception uses advanced sensors to collect information about the
surrounding scene for situational awareness,,,,,–. State-of-the-art machine perception using …

Impacts of landscape structure on surface urban heat islands: A case study of Shanghai, China

J Li, C Song, L Cao, F Zhu, X Meng, J Wu - Remote sensing of environment, 2011 - Elsevier
Urbanization is taking place at an unprecedented rate around the world, particularly in
China in the past few decades. One of the key impacts of rapid urbanization on the …