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Land Surface Temperature from Ka-band (37 GHZ) Passive Microwave Observations
Authors
A. J. Dolman
Anthoni
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Armstrong
Ashcroft
Baldocchi
Beljaars
Belward
Bevis
Calvet
Choudhury
Colwell
David
De Jeu
DeAngelis
Dolman
Fily
Grunzweig
Hollinger
Kerr
Kowalski
Kummerow
M. Owe
Meesters
Mo
Njoku
Owe
Owe
Owe
Pampaloni
Penman
R. A. M. De Jeu
Rossow
Rossow
Scherer-Lorenzen
Snyder
T. R. H. Holmes
Ulaby
Van de Griend
Verstraeten
Wang
Wang
Publication date
1 January 2008
Publisher
Doi
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An alternative to thermal infrared satellite sensors for measuring land surface temperature (T<inf>s</inf>) is presented. The 37 GHz vertical polarized brightness temperature is used to derive T<inf>s</inf> because it is considered the most appropriate microwave frequency for temperature retrieval. This channel balances a reduced sensitivity to soil surface characteristics with a relatively high atmospheric transmissivity. It is shown that with a simple linear relationship, accurate values for T<inf>s</inf> can be obtained from this frequency, with a theoretical bias of within 1 K for 70% of vegetated land areas of the globe. Barren, sparsely vegetated, and open shrublands cannot be accurately described with this single channel approach because variable surface conditions become important. The precision of the retrieved land surface temperature is expected to be better than 2.5 K for forests and 3.5 K for low vegetation. This method can be used to complement existing infrared derived temperature products, especially during clouded conditions. With several microwave radiometers currently in orbit, this method can be used to observe the diurnal temperature cycles with surprising accuracy. © 2009 by the American Geophysical Union
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