Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (Sentinel 3): Pre-mission development of clear-cloud-aerosol classification
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leicester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
From 2013 onwards, a series of sensors called Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometers (SLSTRs ) will be operational on European satellites. These SLSTRs will have unique capabilities for long-term observation of Earth's surface and atmosphere, especially for climate applications. SLSTRs will capture images of Earth from each overpass from two viewing directions rather than capturing a single image, which greatly adds to the scientific information that can be deduced from the imagery. SLSTR observations will also be more accurate than those of most comparable sensors. Examples of the scientific information that will be obtained from SLSTRs are land surface temperature (LST), occurrence and intensity of fire (burning of forests and grasslands), surface reflectance (albedo and vegetation products), and the amount of smoke and mineral dust in the atmosphere. Using current techniques, the accuracy of these will be compromised by inadequate 'classification'. To explain: for the best results an accurate interpretation has to be made for each area of the image as to whether there is smoke, other aerosols, or clouds present. This is sometimes difficult even for a human expert, and the current software techniques are even less reliable. So, we propose to find a better solution for this classification problem, to maximize the scientific benefit of SLSTR for observation of land surface temperature (LST), fire, surface reflectance (albedo and vegetation products), and atmospheric aerosol. Without this project, the SLSTR estimates of these parameters will be compromised for climate applications. We will develop and prove effective techniques for the classification of imagery over land into areas of clear sky, cloud-cover and elevated aerosol (smoke and mineral dust). We will do this by building on a physically based, probabilistic approach that has proven effective for cloud/clear sky discrimination , and which will be enhanced with advanced aerosol modelling and fitting techniques. The project will develop a multi-way Bayesian classifier of clear-cloud-aerosol conditions, meeting the different needs of LST, fire, surface reflectance and aerosol retrieval. Our objective is scientifically important because of the importance of these parameters in the climate system, particularly to Earth's radiative balance and carbon cycle. Accurate and representative space-based observations on a global scale are essential to adequate understanding and modelling of these processes. It is also just the right time to undertake this work. Assuming success, we will try to ensure that the new techniques are used right from the time the first SLSTR is launched. The work may also offer more immediate benefits, since the new techniques will be prototyped using images from an existing, similar sensor. So, the new techniques could also be used to improve estimates of these parameters over the last two decades.
Organisations
- University of Leicester (Lead Research Organisation)
- European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Collaboration)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Collaboration)
- Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) (Collaboration)
- Brockmann Consult (Collaboration)
- Estellus (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF READING (Collaboration)
- Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) (Collaboration)
- ACRI-ST (Collaboration)
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- Meteorological Office UK (Collaboration)
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Collaboration)
- University of Bern (Collaboration)
- University of Bath (Collaboration)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Collaboration)
- European Space Agency (Collaboration)
- SWANSEA UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (Collaboration)
- KING'S COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
John Remedios (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Zhou X
(2020)
Drought Monitoring Using the Sentinel-3-Based Multiyear Vegetation Temperature Condition Index in the Guanzhong Plain, China
in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
Zheng Y
(2019)
Land Surface Temperature Retrieval from Sentinel-3A Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer, Using a Split-Window Algorithm
in Remote Sensing
Tagesson T
(2018)
Disaggregation of SMOS soil moisture over West Africa using the Temperature and Vegetation Dryness Index based on SEVIRI land surface parameters
in Remote Sensing of Environment
Sobrino J
(2016)
Synergistic use of MERIS and AATSR as a proxy for estimating Land Surface Temperature from Sentinel-3 data
in Remote Sensing of Environment
Rasmussen T
(2018)
Impact of Assimilation of Sea-Ice Surface Temperatures on a Coupled Ocean and Sea-Ice Model
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Popp T
(2020)
Consistency of Satellite Climate Data Records for Earth System Monitoring
in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Perry M
(2020)
Multisensor Thermal Infrared and Microwave Land Surface Temperature Algorithm Intercomparison
in Remote Sensing
Nie J
(2021)
Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Retrieval From Nighttime Middle-Infrared and Thermal-Infrared Sentinel-3 Images
in IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
Mielonen T
(2018)
Summertime Aerosol Radiative Effects and Their Dependence on Temperature over the Southeastern USA
in Atmosphere
Martin M
(2019)
Comprehensive In Situ Validation of Five Satellite Land Surface Temperature Data Sets over Multiple Stations and Years
in Remote Sensing
Ma Z
(2019)
Long-Term Precipitation Estimates Generated by a Downscaling-Calibration Procedure Over the Tibetan Plateau From 1983 to 2015
in Earth and Space Science
Loew A
(2017)
Validation practices for satellite-based Earth observation data across communities
in Reviews of Geophysics
Hu X
(2019)
Agricultural drought monitoring using European Space Agency Sentinel 3A land surface temperature and normalized difference vegetation index imageries
in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
Good E
(2017)
A spatiotemporal analysis of the relationship between near-surface air temperature and satellite land surface temperatures using 17 years of data from the ATSR series
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Ghent D
(2019)
A New Approach to Defining Uncertainties for MODIS Land Surface Temperature
in Remote Sensing
Ghent D
(2017)
Global Land Surface Temperature From the Along-Track Scanning Radiometers
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Gallego-Elvira B
(2019)
Evaluation of Regional-Scale Soil Moisture-Surface Flux Dynamics in Earth System Models Based on Satellite Observations of Land Surface Temperature
in Geophysical Research Letters
Gallego-Elvira B
(2016)
Global observational diagnosis of soil moisture control on the land surface energy balance
in Geophysical Research Letters
Ermida S
(2017)
Modelling directional effects on remotely sensed land surface temperature
in Remote Sensing of Environment
Dodd E
(2019)
Toward a Combined Surface Temperature Data Set for the Arctic From the Along-Track Scanning Radiometers
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Cheval S
(2022)
MODIS-based climatology of the Surface Urban Heat Island at country scale (Romania)
in Urban Climate
Candy B
(2017)
The Impact of Satellite-Derived Land Surface Temperatures on Numerical Weather Prediction Analyses and Forecasts
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Bulgin C
(2014)
Cloud-clearing techniques over land for land-surface temperature retrieval from the Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
in International Journal of Remote Sensing
Bulgin C
(2018)
Quantifying Uncertainty in Satellite-Retrieved Land Surface Temperature from Cloud Detection Errors
in Remote Sensing
Description | New techniques are being establsihed for cloud classification of satellite images, where both thermal infra-red and visible data are available. |
Exploitation Route | Use by non-academic SMEs and commercial EO data producers Applications to other satellite missions |
Sectors | Other |
Description | Improved cloud clearing research has led to use In the operational European Space Agency/Eumetsat algorithm for Sentinel-3 SLSTR (an instrument on a satellite). The data are incorporated into the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service with hundreds of users. |
First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Environment |
Impact Types | Economic Policy & public services |
Description | Invited Expert onto the GCOS-TOPC Panel |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Description | LSTM Mission Advisory Group |
Geographic Reach | Europe |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Description | ARCI, Sentinel 3 MPC |
Amount | £21,406 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EOS-2015-2 |
Organisation | European Space Agency |
Sector | Public |
Country | France |
Start | 08/2014 |
End | 08/2015 |
Description | Assessment of the potential use of high resolution Thermal Infra-Red (TIR) bands |
Amount | € 400,000 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 4000120368/17/NL/AF/hh |
Organisation | ESA - ESTEC |
Sector | Public |
Country | Netherlands |
Start | 04/2017 |
End | 04/2020 |
Description | COPERNICUS SPACE COMPONENT VALIDATION FOR LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE, AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH AND WATER VAPOUR SENTINEL-3 PRODUCTS |
Amount | € 1,500,000 (EUR) |
Organisation | European Space Agency |
Sector | Public |
Country | France |
Start | 01/2020 |
End | 12/2021 |
Description | EO4Society - Restore-IT |
Amount | € 150,000 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 4000136484/21/I-DT-lr |
Organisation | European Space Agency |
Sector | Public |
Country | France |
Start | 12/2021 |
End | 12/2022 |
Description | ESA CCI Land Surface Temperature |
Amount | € 1,745,720 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 4000123553/18/I-NB |
Organisation | European Space Agency |
Sector | Public |
Country | France |
Start | 04/2018 |
End | 10/2021 |
Description | ESA Earth Observation Envelope Programme - Data User Element (GlobTemperature) |
Amount | € 332,995 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 4000xxx/13/I-AM |
Organisation | European Space Agency |
Sector | Public |
Country | France |
Start | 11/2013 |
End | 12/2017 |
Description | ESA LSTM End-2-End Mission Performance Simulator (E2ES) Study |
Amount | € 250,000 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 4000125870/18/NL/LF |
Organisation | ESA - ESTEC |
Sector | Public |
Country | Netherlands |
Start | 11/2018 |
End | 03/2020 |
Description | ESA Sentinel-3 Mission Performance Centre (S3MPC) |
Amount | € 354,466 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 4000111836/14/I-LG |
Organisation | European Space Agency |
Sector | Public |
Country | France |
Start | 09/2018 |
End | 12/2021 |
Description | EUMETSAT Visiting Scientist Scheme (Intercomparison of the CM SAF and GlobTemperature LST TCDR Project) |
Amount | € 21,000 (EUR) |
Organisation | European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites |
Sector | Public |
Country | Germany |
Start | 03/2016 |
End | 10/2016 |
Description | Ground-Based Observations for validation (GBOV) of Copernicus Global Land Products |
Amount | € 172,000 (EUR) |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 09/2017 |
End | 06/2021 |
Description | Ground-Based Observations for validation (GBOV) of Copernicus Global Land Products - Phase 2 |
Amount | € 2,000,000 (EUR) |
Organisation | European Union |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 12/2021 |
End | 12/2025 |
Description | Land Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (LST_cci) Phase-2 |
Amount | € 1,300,000 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 4000123553/18/I-NB |
Organisation | European Space Agency |
Sector | Public |
Country | France |
Start | 03/2022 |
End | 03/2025 |
Description | New EO methods for land surface temperature data:SEN4LST |
Amount | £21,538 (GBP) |
Organisation | European Space Agency |
Sector | Public |
Country | France |
Start | 04/2011 |
End | 05/2013 |
Description | Newton-Fund CSSP-China VEgetation near Real time Detection And moNiToring for China (VERDANT) Project |
Amount | £221,755 (GBP) |
Funding ID | P107722 |
Organisation | Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2020 |
End | 03/2021 |
Description | Optical Mission Performance Cluster (OPT-MPC) |
Amount | € 20,000,000 (EUR) |
Organisation | European Space Agency |
Sector | Public |
Country | France |
Start | 01/2022 |
End | 12/2026 |
Description | SPRINT - ESDIM (Environmental Sites Data Intelligent Monitoring) |
Amount | £49,950 (GBP) |
Organisation | UK Space Agency |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2021 |
End | 03/2022 |
Description | Thermal InfraRed Imager Scientific sIMulation study (TIRI-SIM) |
Amount | € 90,000 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 4000117242/16/NL/FF/mc |
Organisation | ESA - ESTEC |
Sector | Public |
Country | Netherlands |
Start | 06/2016 |
End | 06/2017 |
Title | LST_cci AATSR |
Description | ESA Land Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (LST_cci): Land surface temperature from AATSR (Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer), level 3 collated (L3C) global product (2002-2012), version 3.00 |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Climate model evaluation |
Title | LST_cci ATSR-2 |
Description | ESA Land Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (LST_cci): Land surface temperature from ATSR-2 (Along-Track Scanning Radiometer 2), level 3 collated (L3C) global product (1995-2013), version 3.00 |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Climate model evaluation |
Title | LST_cci Aqua-MODIS |
Description | ESA Land Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (LST_cci): Land surface temperature from MODIS (Moderate resolution Infra-red Spectroradiometer) on Aqua, level 3 collated (L3C) global product (2002-2018), version 3.00 |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Climate model evaluation |
Title | LST_cci IRCDR |
Description | ESA Land Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (LST_cci): Multisensor Infra-Red (IR) Low Earth Orbit (LEO) land surface temperature (LST) time series level 3 supercollated (L3S) global product (1995-2020), version 2.00 |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Climate model evaluation |
Title | LST_cci IRMGP |
Description | ESA Land Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (LST_cci): Multisensor Infra-Red (IR) Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) land surface temperature (LST) level 3 supercollated (L3S) global product (2009-2020), version 1.00 |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Climate model evaluation |
Title | LST_cci SLSTR-A |
Description | ESA Land Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (LST_cci): Land surface temperature from SLSTR (Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer) on Sentinel 3A, level 3 collated (L3C) global product (2016-2020), version 3.00 |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Climate model evaluation |
Title | LST_cci SLSTR-B |
Description | ESA Land Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (LST_cci): Land Surface Temperature from SLSTR (Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer) on Sentinel 3B, level 3 collated (L3C) global product (2018-2020), version 3.00 |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Climate model evaluation |
Title | LST_cci Terra-MODIS |
Description | ESA Land Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (LST_cci): Land Surface Temperature from MODIS (Moderate resolution Infra-red Spectroradiometer) on Terra, level 3 collated (L3C) global product (2000-2018), version 3.00 |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Climate model evaluation |
Title | Land Surface Temperature (LST) dataset from the (A)ATSR instruments |
Description | Land Surface Temperature (LST) products from the Along-Track Scanning Radiometers (ATSRs) at Level-2 (swath) and Level-3 (gridded) |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2014 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Use of this dataset in multiple user applications |
URL | http://data.globtemperature.info/ |
Title | Land Surface Temperature (LST) datasets from the MODIS instruments |
Description | Land Surface Temperature (LST) datasets from the MODIS instruments with uncertainties estimated from first principles |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Use the dataset in investigative studies on data assimilation into NWP, and building relationships between land and air temperature to fill the gaps in the global air temperature coverage |
Title | Land Surface Temperature Climate Data Record from ATSRs |
Description | A first Climate Data Record (CDR) of Land Surface Temperature from the ATSR sensors |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | First publications in preparation Collaborations with other group in intercomparing the CDR with Air Temperature data records |
URL | http://data.globtemperature.info |
Title | Land Surface Temperature from SLSTR |
Description | Operational Land Surface Temperature from the SLSTR sensor |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Operational Sentinel dataset available to the wide user community via Copernicus |
URL | http://data.globtemperature.info |
Title | Multi-sensor Merged Land Surface Temperature Dataset |
Description | 3-hourly Multi-sensor GEO + LEO Merged Land Surface Temperature dataset to resolve the diurnal cycle on a global basis |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Exploitation of this dataset in first publications |
URL | http://data.globtemperature.info |
Description | H2020 EUSTACE Project |
Organisation | Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) |
Country | Denmark |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Work Package Leader on Validation and Intercomparison Provision of satellite Land Surface Temperature data and associated uncertainties from the MODIS instruments |
Collaborator Contribution | Project Leadership Building relationships between surface temperature and air temperature |
Impact | Production of MODIS Land Surface Temperature Product to be added to the UK CEDA Archive for use by the wider science community |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | H2020 EUSTACE Project |
Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Work Package Leader on Validation and Intercomparison Provision of satellite Land Surface Temperature data and associated uncertainties from the MODIS instruments |
Collaborator Contribution | Project Leadership Building relationships between surface temperature and air temperature |
Impact | Production of MODIS Land Surface Temperature Product to be added to the UK CEDA Archive for use by the wider science community |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | H2020 EUSTACE Project |
Organisation | Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Work Package Leader on Validation and Intercomparison Provision of satellite Land Surface Temperature data and associated uncertainties from the MODIS instruments |
Collaborator Contribution | Project Leadership Building relationships between surface temperature and air temperature |
Impact | Production of MODIS Land Surface Temperature Product to be added to the UK CEDA Archive for use by the wider science community |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | H2020 EUSTACE Project |
Organisation | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Work Package Leader on Validation and Intercomparison Provision of satellite Land Surface Temperature data and associated uncertainties from the MODIS instruments |
Collaborator Contribution | Project Leadership Building relationships between surface temperature and air temperature |
Impact | Production of MODIS Land Surface Temperature Product to be added to the UK CEDA Archive for use by the wider science community |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | H2020 EUSTACE Project |
Organisation | University of Bath |
Department | Department of Mathematical Sciences |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Work Package Leader on Validation and Intercomparison Provision of satellite Land Surface Temperature data and associated uncertainties from the MODIS instruments |
Collaborator Contribution | Project Leadership Building relationships between surface temperature and air temperature |
Impact | Production of MODIS Land Surface Temperature Product to be added to the UK CEDA Archive for use by the wider science community |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | H2020 EUSTACE Project |
Organisation | University of Bern |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Work Package Leader on Validation and Intercomparison Provision of satellite Land Surface Temperature data and associated uncertainties from the MODIS instruments |
Collaborator Contribution | Project Leadership Building relationships between surface temperature and air temperature |
Impact | Production of MODIS Land Surface Temperature Product to be added to the UK CEDA Archive for use by the wider science community |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | H2020 EUSTACE Project |
Organisation | University of Reading |
Department | Department of Meteorology |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Work Package Leader on Validation and Intercomparison Provision of satellite Land Surface Temperature data and associated uncertainties from the MODIS instruments |
Collaborator Contribution | Project Leadership Building relationships between surface temperature and air temperature |
Impact | Production of MODIS Land Surface Temperature Product to be added to the UK CEDA Archive for use by the wider science community |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Implementation of new retrievals in ESA operational system |
Organisation | European Space Agency |
Country | France |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Provision of PAN retrieval expertise |
Collaborator Contribution | Implementation into operational code |
Impact | Code for implementation |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | International Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Working Group (ILSTE) |
Organisation | ACRI-ST |
Country | France |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Setup and Coordination of this International Working Group Leading the effort to reclassify Land Surface Temperature (LST) as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Production of community-wide protocols and formats: Validation Protocol; Harmonised Data Format; Common Terminology Organisation of International Meetings of the Working Group |
Collaborator Contribution | Setup and population of the ILSTE Website Contributions to the effort to reclassify LST as an ECV Contributions to the community protocols and data formats |
Impact | Direct influence on the decision by GCOS to add LST as an ECV in the next Implementation Plan of 2016 Community-wide established LST Validation Protocol, Harmonised Data Format for LST, and Common Terminology |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | International Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Working Group (ILSTE) |
Organisation | Estellus |
Country | France |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Setup and Coordination of this International Working Group Leading the effort to reclassify Land Surface Temperature (LST) as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Production of community-wide protocols and formats: Validation Protocol; Harmonised Data Format; Common Terminology Organisation of International Meetings of the Working Group |
Collaborator Contribution | Setup and population of the ILSTE Website Contributions to the effort to reclassify LST as an ECV Contributions to the community protocols and data formats |
Impact | Direct influence on the decision by GCOS to add LST as an ECV in the next Implementation Plan of 2016 Community-wide established LST Validation Protocol, Harmonised Data Format for LST, and Common Terminology |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | International Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Working Group (ILSTE) |
Organisation | European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Setup and Coordination of this International Working Group Leading the effort to reclassify Land Surface Temperature (LST) as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Production of community-wide protocols and formats: Validation Protocol; Harmonised Data Format; Common Terminology Organisation of International Meetings of the Working Group |
Collaborator Contribution | Setup and population of the ILSTE Website Contributions to the effort to reclassify LST as an ECV Contributions to the community protocols and data formats |
Impact | Direct influence on the decision by GCOS to add LST as an ECV in the next Implementation Plan of 2016 Community-wide established LST Validation Protocol, Harmonised Data Format for LST, and Common Terminology |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | International Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Working Group (ILSTE) |
Organisation | European Space Agency |
Country | France |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Setup and Coordination of this International Working Group Leading the effort to reclassify Land Surface Temperature (LST) as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Production of community-wide protocols and formats: Validation Protocol; Harmonised Data Format; Common Terminology Organisation of International Meetings of the Working Group |
Collaborator Contribution | Setup and population of the ILSTE Website Contributions to the effort to reclassify LST as an ECV Contributions to the community protocols and data formats |
Impact | Direct influence on the decision by GCOS to add LST as an ECV in the next Implementation Plan of 2016 Community-wide established LST Validation Protocol, Harmonised Data Format for LST, and Common Terminology |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | International Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Working Group (ILSTE) |
Organisation | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Setup and Coordination of this International Working Group Leading the effort to reclassify Land Surface Temperature (LST) as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Production of community-wide protocols and formats: Validation Protocol; Harmonised Data Format; Common Terminology Organisation of International Meetings of the Working Group |
Collaborator Contribution | Setup and population of the ILSTE Website Contributions to the effort to reclassify LST as an ECV Contributions to the community protocols and data formats |
Impact | Direct influence on the decision by GCOS to add LST as an ECV in the next Implementation Plan of 2016 Community-wide established LST Validation Protocol, Harmonised Data Format for LST, and Common Terminology |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | International Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Working Group (ILSTE) |
Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Setup and Coordination of this International Working Group Leading the effort to reclassify Land Surface Temperature (LST) as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Production of community-wide protocols and formats: Validation Protocol; Harmonised Data Format; Common Terminology Organisation of International Meetings of the Working Group |
Collaborator Contribution | Setup and population of the ILSTE Website Contributions to the effort to reclassify LST as an ECV Contributions to the community protocols and data formats |
Impact | Direct influence on the decision by GCOS to add LST as an ECV in the next Implementation Plan of 2016 Community-wide established LST Validation Protocol, Harmonised Data Format for LST, and Common Terminology |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | International Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Working Group (ILSTE) |
Organisation | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
Department | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Setup and Coordination of this International Working Group Leading the effort to reclassify Land Surface Temperature (LST) as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Production of community-wide protocols and formats: Validation Protocol; Harmonised Data Format; Common Terminology Organisation of International Meetings of the Working Group |
Collaborator Contribution | Setup and population of the ILSTE Website Contributions to the effort to reclassify LST as an ECV Contributions to the community protocols and data formats |
Impact | Direct influence on the decision by GCOS to add LST as an ECV in the next Implementation Plan of 2016 Community-wide established LST Validation Protocol, Harmonised Data Format for LST, and Common Terminology |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | International Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Working Group (ILSTE) |
Organisation | National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Setup and Coordination of this International Working Group Leading the effort to reclassify Land Surface Temperature (LST) as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Production of community-wide protocols and formats: Validation Protocol; Harmonised Data Format; Common Terminology Organisation of International Meetings of the Working Group |
Collaborator Contribution | Setup and population of the ILSTE Website Contributions to the effort to reclassify LST as an ECV Contributions to the community protocols and data formats |
Impact | Direct influence on the decision by GCOS to add LST as an ECV in the next Implementation Plan of 2016 Community-wide established LST Validation Protocol, Harmonised Data Format for LST, and Common Terminology |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | International Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Working Group (ILSTE) |
Organisation | Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) |
Country | Portugal |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Setup and Coordination of this International Working Group Leading the effort to reclassify Land Surface Temperature (LST) as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Production of community-wide protocols and formats: Validation Protocol; Harmonised Data Format; Common Terminology Organisation of International Meetings of the Working Group |
Collaborator Contribution | Setup and population of the ILSTE Website Contributions to the effort to reclassify LST as an ECV Contributions to the community protocols and data formats |
Impact | Direct influence on the decision by GCOS to add LST as an ECV in the next Implementation Plan of 2016 Community-wide established LST Validation Protocol, Harmonised Data Format for LST, and Common Terminology |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | International Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Working Group (ILSTE) |
Organisation | University of Reading |
Department | Department of Meteorology |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Setup and Coordination of this International Working Group Leading the effort to reclassify Land Surface Temperature (LST) as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Production of community-wide protocols and formats: Validation Protocol; Harmonised Data Format; Common Terminology Organisation of International Meetings of the Working Group |
Collaborator Contribution | Setup and population of the ILSTE Website Contributions to the effort to reclassify LST as an ECV Contributions to the community protocols and data formats |
Impact | Direct influence on the decision by GCOS to add LST as an ECV in the next Implementation Plan of 2016 Community-wide established LST Validation Protocol, Harmonised Data Format for LST, and Common Terminology |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Optical Mission Performance Cluster (OPT-MPC) |
Organisation | ACRI-ST |
Country | France |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Sentinel-3 Land Surface Temperature mission quality assurance |
Collaborator Contribution | Service delivery lead |
Impact | Mission quality |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | Sentinel-3 Mission Performance Centre (S3MPC) - SLSTR Expert Support Laboratory |
Organisation | ACRI-ST |
Country | France |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Sentinel-3 Land Surface Temperature (LST) Validation Scientist and Algorithm Manager |
Collaborator Contribution | Expert Support Laboratory coordination and other expert teams |
Impact | Sentinel-3 SLSTR Cal-Val Plan and Gap Analysis Preparations for Sentinel-3 Level-2 Product commissioning |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Sentinel-3 Mission Performance Centre (S3MPC) - SLSTR Expert Support Laboratory |
Organisation | King's College London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Sentinel-3 Land Surface Temperature (LST) Validation Scientist and Algorithm Manager |
Collaborator Contribution | Expert Support Laboratory coordination and other expert teams |
Impact | Sentinel-3 SLSTR Cal-Val Plan and Gap Analysis Preparations for Sentinel-3 Level-2 Product commissioning |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Sentinel-3 Mission Performance Centre (S3MPC) - SLSTR Expert Support Laboratory |
Organisation | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Sentinel-3 Land Surface Temperature (LST) Validation Scientist and Algorithm Manager |
Collaborator Contribution | Expert Support Laboratory coordination and other expert teams |
Impact | Sentinel-3 SLSTR Cal-Val Plan and Gap Analysis Preparations for Sentinel-3 Level-2 Product commissioning |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Sentinel-3 Mission Performance Centre (S3MPC) - SLSTR Expert Support Laboratory |
Organisation | University of Reading |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Sentinel-3 Land Surface Temperature (LST) Validation Scientist and Algorithm Manager |
Collaborator Contribution | Expert Support Laboratory coordination and other expert teams |
Impact | Sentinel-3 SLSTR Cal-Val Plan and Gap Analysis Preparations for Sentinel-3 Level-2 Product commissioning |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Sentinel-3 New Products |
Organisation | ACRI-ST |
Country | France |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Sentinel-3 Cloud Masking algorithm for Level-2 Land Surface Temperature (LST), Aerosol over Land, and Fire Radiative Power Products |
Collaborator Contribution | Project Leadership Cloud Masking over Sea Level-1 Cloud Masking |
Impact | Project only just started |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Sentinel-3 New Products |
Organisation | Brockmann Consult |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Sentinel-3 Cloud Masking algorithm for Level-2 Land Surface Temperature (LST), Aerosol over Land, and Fire Radiative Power Products |
Collaborator Contribution | Project Leadership Cloud Masking over Sea Level-1 Cloud Masking |
Impact | Project only just started |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Sentinel-3 New Products |
Organisation | King's College London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Sentinel-3 Cloud Masking algorithm for Level-2 Land Surface Temperature (LST), Aerosol over Land, and Fire Radiative Power Products |
Collaborator Contribution | Project Leadership Cloud Masking over Sea Level-1 Cloud Masking |
Impact | Project only just started |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Sentinel-3 New Products |
Organisation | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Sentinel-3 Cloud Masking algorithm for Level-2 Land Surface Temperature (LST), Aerosol over Land, and Fire Radiative Power Products |
Collaborator Contribution | Project Leadership Cloud Masking over Sea Level-1 Cloud Masking |
Impact | Project only just started |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Sentinel-3 New Products |
Organisation | Swansea University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Sentinel-3 Cloud Masking algorithm for Level-2 Land Surface Temperature (LST), Aerosol over Land, and Fire Radiative Power Products |
Collaborator Contribution | Project Leadership Cloud Masking over Sea Level-1 Cloud Masking |
Impact | Project only just started |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Sentinel-3 New Products |
Organisation | University of Reading |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Sentinel-3 Cloud Masking algorithm for Level-2 Land Surface Temperature (LST), Aerosol over Land, and Fire Radiative Power Products |
Collaborator Contribution | Project Leadership Cloud Masking over Sea Level-1 Cloud Masking |
Impact | Project only just started |
Start Year | 2016 |
Title | Multi-sensor Matchup Database for Surface Temperature |
Description | Matchup Database for validating extracted satellite observations with in situ measurements, extracted satellite observations with simulated surface temperature, and intercomparsions between multiple instrument datasets |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Impact | A key step in the processing chain of multi-sensor full archive Land Surface Temperature data products |
Description | Formal Working Group on Land Surface Temperature |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Forum for the data providers and users to come together to share knowledge |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015,2016 |