TY - JOUR
T1 - Estimation of the total atmospheric water vapor content and land surface temperature based on AATSR thermal data
AU - Zhang, Tangtang
AU - Wen, Jun
AU - van der Velde, Rogier
AU - Meng, Xianhong
AU - Li, Zhenchao
AU - Liu, Yuanyong
AU - Liu, Rong
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The total atmospheric water vapor content (TAWV) and land surfacetemperature (LST) play important roles in meteorology, hydrology, ecology and some otherdisciplines. In this paper, the ENVISAT/AATSR (The Advanced Along-Track ScanningRadiometer) thermal data are used to estimate the TAWV and LST over the Loess Plateauin China by using a practical split window algorithm. The distribution of the TAWV isaccord with that of the MODIS TAWV products, which indicates that the estimation of thetotal atmospheric water vapor content is reliable. Validations of the LST by comparingwith the ground measurements indicate that the maximum absolute derivation, themaximum relative error and the average relative error is 4.0K, 11.8% and 5.0%respectively, which shows that the retrievals are believable; this algorithm can provide anew way to estimate the LST from AATSR data.
AB - The total atmospheric water vapor content (TAWV) and land surfacetemperature (LST) play important roles in meteorology, hydrology, ecology and some otherdisciplines. In this paper, the ENVISAT/AATSR (The Advanced Along-Track ScanningRadiometer) thermal data are used to estimate the TAWV and LST over the Loess Plateauin China by using a practical split window algorithm. The distribution of the TAWV isaccord with that of the MODIS TAWV products, which indicates that the estimation of thetotal atmospheric water vapor content is reliable. Validations of the LST by comparingwith the ground measurements indicate that the maximum absolute derivation, themaximum relative error and the average relative error is 4.0K, 11.8% and 5.0%respectively, which shows that the retrievals are believable; this algorithm can provide anew way to estimate the LST from AATSR data.
KW - WRS
KW - ADLIB-ART-2689
UR - https://ezproxy2.utwente.nl/login?url=https://webapps.itc.utwente.nl/library/2008/isi/vandervelde_est.pdf
U2 - 10.3390/s8031832
DO - 10.3390/s8031832
M3 - Article
VL - 8
SP - 1832
EP - 1845
JO - Sensors (Switzerland)
JF - Sensors (Switzerland)
SN - 1424-8220
IS - 3
ER -