Research Network for Surface Temperature
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leicester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
We propose a network to stimulate new international collaboration in measuring and understanding the surface temperatures of Earth. This will involve experts specialising in different types of measurement of surface temperature, who do not usually meet.
Our motivation is the need for better understanding of in situ measurements and satellite observations to quantify surface temperature as it changes from day to day, month to month. Knowing about surface temperature variations matters because these affect ecosystems and human life, and the interactions of the surface and the atmosphere. Surface temperature (ST) is also the main indicator of "global warming".
Knowledge of ST for >150 years has been derived from in situ meteorological and oceanographic measurements. These have been fundamental to weather forecasting, to environmental sciences, and to detection and attribution of climate change. Thermal remote sensing of ST from space has a ~30 year history, including operational exploitation. Observations of high accuracy and stability come from the 20-year record of Along Track Scanning Radiometers (ATSRs) . ATSR-class capability will shortly become operational in the space segment of Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES), and will continue until at least 2030. The best insight into ST variability and change through the 21st century will come from jointly using in situ and multi-platform satellite observations. There is a clear need and appetite to improve the interaction of scientists across the in-situ/satellite 'divide' and across all domains of Earth's surface. This will accelerate progress in improving the quality of individual observations and the mutual exploitation of different observing systems over a range of applications.
Now is a critical time to initiate this research network. First, the network will link closely to a major new initiative to improve quantification of ST from surface meteorological stations (surfacetemperatures.org). Second, there are areas of acute need to improve understanding of ST: e.g., across regions of Africa, where in situ measurements are very sparse; and across the Arctic, where the evolving seasonal sea ice extent challenges the current practices for quantifying ST variability and change. Third, it is timely to share experience between remote sensing communities. All these motivations are present against a backdrop where ST is, in relation to climate change, of current public interest & relevance to policy.
This network will increase the international impact of UK science. UK investigators are involved across the full scope of the proposed ST network, and have leading international roles in several areas. The network will ensure UK participation at the highest level across all domains of ST research. In this proposal, key world-class organisations overseas have roles in steering and/or hosting network activities. The network will welcome participation of others not contacted in preparation of this proposal. Permission will be sought from the originators of all data used for case studies to make the data set freely available.
The network will be organised around three themes over three years:
Year 1. In situ and satellite ST observations: challenges across Earth's domains
Year 2: Quantifying surface temperature across Arctic
Year 3: Joint exploitation of in situ and satellite surface temperatures in key land regions.
The first theme is an inclusive question, designed to bring together research communities and develop a full picture of common research needs and aspirations. The second theme is a pressing research question to which the network will co-ordinate a useful and unique contribution. The third theme is one of long-term interest and importance in the strengthening of the observational foundations for climate change monitoring and diagnosis.
Our motivation is the need for better understanding of in situ measurements and satellite observations to quantify surface temperature as it changes from day to day, month to month. Knowing about surface temperature variations matters because these affect ecosystems and human life, and the interactions of the surface and the atmosphere. Surface temperature (ST) is also the main indicator of "global warming".
Knowledge of ST for >150 years has been derived from in situ meteorological and oceanographic measurements. These have been fundamental to weather forecasting, to environmental sciences, and to detection and attribution of climate change. Thermal remote sensing of ST from space has a ~30 year history, including operational exploitation. Observations of high accuracy and stability come from the 20-year record of Along Track Scanning Radiometers (ATSRs) . ATSR-class capability will shortly become operational in the space segment of Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES), and will continue until at least 2030. The best insight into ST variability and change through the 21st century will come from jointly using in situ and multi-platform satellite observations. There is a clear need and appetite to improve the interaction of scientists across the in-situ/satellite 'divide' and across all domains of Earth's surface. This will accelerate progress in improving the quality of individual observations and the mutual exploitation of different observing systems over a range of applications.
Now is a critical time to initiate this research network. First, the network will link closely to a major new initiative to improve quantification of ST from surface meteorological stations (surfacetemperatures.org). Second, there are areas of acute need to improve understanding of ST: e.g., across regions of Africa, where in situ measurements are very sparse; and across the Arctic, where the evolving seasonal sea ice extent challenges the current practices for quantifying ST variability and change. Third, it is timely to share experience between remote sensing communities. All these motivations are present against a backdrop where ST is, in relation to climate change, of current public interest & relevance to policy.
This network will increase the international impact of UK science. UK investigators are involved across the full scope of the proposed ST network, and have leading international roles in several areas. The network will ensure UK participation at the highest level across all domains of ST research. In this proposal, key world-class organisations overseas have roles in steering and/or hosting network activities. The network will welcome participation of others not contacted in preparation of this proposal. Permission will be sought from the originators of all data used for case studies to make the data set freely available.
The network will be organised around three themes over three years:
Year 1. In situ and satellite ST observations: challenges across Earth's domains
Year 2: Quantifying surface temperature across Arctic
Year 3: Joint exploitation of in situ and satellite surface temperatures in key land regions.
The first theme is an inclusive question, designed to bring together research communities and develop a full picture of common research needs and aspirations. The second theme is a pressing research question to which the network will co-ordinate a useful and unique contribution. The third theme is one of long-term interest and importance in the strengthening of the observational foundations for climate change monitoring and diagnosis.
Planned Impact
Beyond academia, we would see our research following these pathways in bringing the results to a wider grouping of concerned parties:
1) Those in UK government departments, such as DECC, the MoD, DFID and Defra, concerned with measures of global and regional surface temperature change. These government departments will benefit from an improved understanding of the quality of the data contributing to the climate record both now and in the future, the nature of uncertainties in these data sets and the likely integrated system that is resulting from their investments.
2) The IPCC and GCOS communities who will benefit from the outcomes of the focused workshops and resulting publications to be able to understand much better the integrity of the surface temperature record and the confidence we can build in assessing climate changes in significant regions such as the Arctic and Africa.
3) Those in meteorological services who are concerned with the quality and impact of data that they utilize within the forecast analysis, represented for example by the Met Office and the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF). These services will benefit from a much more detailed understanding of the relationship between different observational systems and how in situ and satellite data can complement each other. Knowledge of the error characteristics of different sensors and also the quality of land surface temperature (LST) satellite data is essential to correctly obtain a gain in skill with utilisation of each type of data.
4) The operational data buoy and ship monitoring networks represented by the Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology(JCOMM), the Data Buoy Co-operation Panel (DBCP) and Argo. No such equivalent network exists for surface air temperature measurements. These organizations will benefit from better calibration and operating modes for their sensors
5) The space industry which wants to understand the utility of satellite instruments for Earth Observation (EO), and the future scenarios and instrument requirements for new missions for climate. It is worth noting that a large component of the surface temperature record from satellite will come from the SLSTR instrument on Sentinel-3, which is a key instrument in the operational, EC-led Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme.
6) Improved information for the public who will benefit from better access to information on the accuracy of current observation systems.
7) Outreach into schools to demonstrate the value of research, the power of observations, and to encourage and learn from school children about their interests in STEM subjects. Our experience suggests that schoolchildren benefit in their experience of STEM subjects from illustration with big stories. Climate change and space are very popular topics.
1) Those in UK government departments, such as DECC, the MoD, DFID and Defra, concerned with measures of global and regional surface temperature change. These government departments will benefit from an improved understanding of the quality of the data contributing to the climate record both now and in the future, the nature of uncertainties in these data sets and the likely integrated system that is resulting from their investments.
2) The IPCC and GCOS communities who will benefit from the outcomes of the focused workshops and resulting publications to be able to understand much better the integrity of the surface temperature record and the confidence we can build in assessing climate changes in significant regions such as the Arctic and Africa.
3) Those in meteorological services who are concerned with the quality and impact of data that they utilize within the forecast analysis, represented for example by the Met Office and the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF). These services will benefit from a much more detailed understanding of the relationship between different observational systems and how in situ and satellite data can complement each other. Knowledge of the error characteristics of different sensors and also the quality of land surface temperature (LST) satellite data is essential to correctly obtain a gain in skill with utilisation of each type of data.
4) The operational data buoy and ship monitoring networks represented by the Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology(JCOMM), the Data Buoy Co-operation Panel (DBCP) and Argo. No such equivalent network exists for surface air temperature measurements. These organizations will benefit from better calibration and operating modes for their sensors
5) The space industry which wants to understand the utility of satellite instruments for Earth Observation (EO), and the future scenarios and instrument requirements for new missions for climate. It is worth noting that a large component of the surface temperature record from satellite will come from the SLSTR instrument on Sentinel-3, which is a key instrument in the operational, EC-led Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme.
6) Improved information for the public who will benefit from better access to information on the accuracy of current observation systems.
7) Outreach into schools to demonstrate the value of research, the power of observations, and to encourage and learn from school children about their interests in STEM subjects. Our experience suggests that schoolchildren benefit in their experience of STEM subjects from illustration with big stories. Climate change and space are very popular topics.
Organisations
- University of Leicester (Lead Research Organisation)
- European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Collaboration)
- Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) (Collaboration)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (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
Zheng Y
(2019)
Land Surface Temperature Retrieval from Sentinel-3A Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer, Using a Split-Window Algorithm
in Remote Sensing
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
Description | This project is establishing a new network of experts in surface tenmperature from ground and satellite measurements. The pooling of expertise on all types of surface temperature measurements, including oceans, land and ice, has been of great benefit for advancing climate research, environmental time series, commercial green systems, and government policy. The network white paper has established key actions whose resolution is leading to the establishment of key temperature data sets as Land Surface Temperature as Essential Climate Variables which policy makers will want to use as evidence of change. |
Exploitation Route | Government policy Commercial companies New projects to deliver accurate surface temperatures |
Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Environment |
URL | http://www.earthtemp.net/ |
Description | Land surface temperature observations have become embedded in operational satellites missions such as the Sentinel-3 Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer. Land surface temperature data are now used in operational public services such as the Copernicus Land Service European nations are now investing in high spatial resolution land surface temperature space missions for agriculture and urban heat islands |
First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
Sector | Environment |
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 | 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 | CEC- EU Governent Bodies, FIDUCEO Project |
Amount | £110,917 (GBP) |
Organisation | European Union |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 03/2015 |
End | 02/2019 |
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 DUE: GlobTemperature |
Amount | £277,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | European Space Agency |
Sector | Public |
Country | France |
Start | 11/2013 |
End | 11/2016 |
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 ITT |
Amount | £24,274 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EOS-2014/116 |
Organisation | European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites |
Sector | Public |
Country | Germany |
Start | 11/2014 |
End | 06/2015 |
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 | Heat Data for cities: a pilot project with Ordnance Survey in support of UK climate change actions |
Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | UK Space Agency |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2022 |
End | 03/2022 |
Description | Horizon 2020: EUSTACE |
Amount | £352,514 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 640171 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 01/2015 |
End | 06/2018 |
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 | 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 | Group on High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) |
Organisation | European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | We have provided the Project Scientist for the GHRSST Project Office, facilitating the annual conference, new members, GHRSST documentation and task groups, and nsuring partners can access sea surface temperature data sets from satellites |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners provide data services such as the Regional Data Assembly Centres. NOAA provides the GHRSST Global Data Assembly Centre and the Long-Term Stewardship and Reanalysis Centre |
Impact | 1. Visibility of UK SST data sets to the world. 2. Influence on co-ordinated production of world-wide operational SST data sets |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Group on High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) |
Organisation | National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | We have provided the Project Scientist for the GHRSST Project Office, facilitating the annual conference, new members, GHRSST documentation and task groups, and nsuring partners can access sea surface temperature data sets from satellites |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners provide data services such as the Regional Data Assembly Centres. NOAA provides the GHRSST Global Data Assembly Centre and the Long-Term Stewardship and Reanalysis Centre |
Impact | 1. Visibility of UK SST data sets to the world. 2. Influence on co-ordinated production of world-wide operational SST data sets |
Start Year | 2018 |
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 | 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 |