Urban Heat Islands (UHI) consist of the occurrence of higher temperatures in urbanized
areas when compared to rural areas. During the warmer seasons, this effect can lead to …

Land surface temperature (LST) is an important variable in the physics of land–surface
processes controlling the heat and water fluxes over the interface between the Earth's …

Spaceborne microwave remote sensing is widely used to monitor global environmental
changes for understanding hydrological, ecological, and climate processes. A new global …

The vegetation optical depth (VOD), a vegetation index retrieved from passive or active
microwave remote sensing systems, is related to the intensity of microwave extinction effects …

A new automated method enabling consistent satellite assessment of seasonal lake ice
phenology at 5 km resolution was developed for all lake pixels (water coverage≥ 90%) in …

The retrieval accuracies of three typical near-infrared (NIR) precipitable water vapor (PWV)
products are thoroughly discussed in this article. The NIR PWV data are obtained from three …

Precipitable water vapor (PWV) products from the second generation of China's
geostationary meteorological satellite Fengyun-4A (FY-4A) have the advantage of high …

Abstract The Global Energy and Water Cycle Exchanges project (GEWEX) water vapor
assessment's (G-VAP) main objective is to analyze and explain strengths and weaknesses …

The Global Energy and Water cycle Exchanges (GEWEX) Data and Assessments Panel
(GDAP) initiated the GEWEX Water Vapor Assessment (G-VAP), which has the main …

ABSTRACT The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Microwave Imager (GMI) is a
microwave (MW) radiometer that has near-global coverage and frequent revisit time. To …