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Comparison of the Thermal Sensors of SEVIRI and MODIS for LST Mapping

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Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing

Part of the book series: Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing ((RDIP,volume 17))

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This study aims to evaluate quantitatively the land surface temperature (LST) from SEVIRI data (Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager, onboard MSG-2 satellite) with the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, onboard Terra)-derived LST extracted from the MOD11B1 V5 product. Two SEVIRI-derived LST level-2 products are used for this purpose: the LSTs retrieved using the generalised split-window method with the emissivities estimated using the day/night TISI (Temperature Independent Spectral Indices)-based method and the LSTs generated by the Land Surface Analysis of the Satellite Application Facility. The results show that (1) higher discrepancies are observed during the daytime, especially for bare areas, with a maximum of 5.7 K; (2) these differences are time- and land cover-dependent; (3) these differences strongly depend on the view zenith angle differences; and (4) the two LST retrieval algorithms for SEVIRI present the higher discrepancy for bare areas, with a maximum difference of 6.1 K.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Mr. N. Albalat at the University of Strasbourg for providing atmospheric data and Dr. Genming Jiang at Fudan University and Ms. Shi Qiu at the University of Strasbourg for their support in the LST retrieval activities. We also thank EUMETSAT for providing the MSG-2/SEVIRI data.

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  1. College of Resources and Environment, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Caixia Gao & Xiaoguang Jiang

  2. Image Sciences, Computer Sciences and Remote Sensing Laboratory (LSIIT), UdS, CNRS, Bld Sébastien Brant, BP 10413, 67412, Illkirch, France

    Caixia Gao

  3. Engineering, Computing and Imaging Laboratory (ICube), UdS, CNRS, Bld Sébastien Brant, BP 10413, 67412, Illkirch, France

    Zhao-Liang Li & Françoise Nerry

  4. Key Laboratory of Resources and Environment Information System, Institute of Geographic Science and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, China

    Zhao-Liang Li

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Gao, C., Jiang, X., Li, ZL., Nerry, F. (2013). Comparison of the Thermal Sensors of SEVIRI and MODIS for LST Mapping. In: Kuenzer, C., Dech, S. (eds) Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing. Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6639-6_12

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