Evaluation and improvement of the MODIS land surface temperature/emissivity products using ground-based measurements at a semi-desert site on the western Tibetan Plateau

Wang, K.; Wan, Z.; Wang, P.; Sparrow, M.; Liu, J.; Haginoya, S.. 2007 Evaluation and improvement of the MODIS land surface temperature/emissivity products using ground-based measurements at a semi-desert site on the western Tibetan Plateau. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 28 (11). 2549-2565. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160600702665

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Abstract/Summary

Current MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) land surface temperature (LST, surface skin temperature)/emissivity products are evaluated and improvements are investigated. The ground-based measurements of LST at Gaize (32.30° N, 84.06° E, 4420 m) on the western Tibetan Plateau from January 2001 to December 2002 agree well (mean and standard deviation of differences of 0.27 K and 0.84 K) with the 1-km Version 004 (V4) Terra MODIS LST product (MOD11A1) generated by the split-window algorithm. Spectral emissivities measured from surface soil samples collected at and around the Gaize site are in close agreement with the landcover-based emissivities in bands 31 and 32 used by the split-window algorithm. The LSTs in the V4 MODIS LST/emissivity products (MYD11B1 for Aqua and MOD11B1 for Terra) from the day/night LST algorithm are higher by 1-1.7 K (standard deviation around 0.6 K) in comparisons to the 5-km grid aggregated values of the LSTs in the 1-km products, which is consistent with the results of a comparison of emissivities. On average, the emissivity in MYD11B1 (MOD11B1) is 0.0107 (0.0167) less than the ground-based measurements, which is equivalent to a 0.64 K (1.25 K) overestimation of LST around the average value of 285 K. Knowledge obtained from the evaluation of MODIS LST/emissivity retrievals provides useful information for the improvement of the MODIS LST day/night algorithm. Improved performance of the refined (V5) day/night algorithm was demonstrated with the Terra MODIS data in May-June 2004.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160600702665
ISSN:	0143-1161
Date made live:	11 Dec 2007 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/149896

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160600702665

ISSN:

0143-1161

Date made live:

11 Dec 2007 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/149896