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MODIS/VIIRS Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity
GlynnHulley,NabinMalakar,RobertFreepartner,TanvirIslam
SimonHook,PierreGuillevic
JetPropulsionLaboratory,CaliforniaInsBtuteofTechnology,Pasadena,CA
(c) 2016 California Institute of Technology. Government sponsorship acknowledged.
MODIS/VIIRS Science Team Meeting, Silver Spring, MD, June, 2016
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity (LST&E) • LST&EarekeyvariablesforEarthScience:
• Monitoringclimatechange• Landuse/landcoverchange• Surfaceenergybalance(e.g.ET)• Cryosphere
• PushforbeTerunderstandinganduBlizaBon:• EarthTemp,GlobTemperature,ILSTE-Workinggroups• LSTrecognizedasEssenBalClimateVariable(ECV)byGCOS!
• Requirements:• 1KaccuracyLST,1.5%accuracyemissivity• Globaldaily(LEO),and30-min(GEO)• <1kmspaBalresoluBon• LongtermstabilityanduncertaintycharacterizaBon
LST&E Algorithm Updates LST&EProductCharacteris4cs MODIS
(MOD21)VIIRS(VNP21)
Algorithm TemperatureEmissivitySeparaBon(TES)
TemperatureEmissivitySeparaBon(TES)
Bandsused 29(8.55µm)31(11µm)32(12µm)
14(8.55µm)15(10.76µm)16(12µm)
RadiaBveTransferModel RTTOV RTTOV
AtmosphericProfiles(T,RH) MERRA-2 MERRA-2
Status Complete:Tier-2C6(MODAPS)
Baselininginprogress(LSIPS)
DataProductTypes L2,L2GDaily(1km)L38-day,(1km)
L2,L2GDaily(750m)L38-day,(750m)
ScienceDataProducts -LST-Emissivity(bands29,31,32)
-LST-Emissivity(bands14,15,16)
New thermal-based techniques for land cover change detecOon in climate sensiOve zones Hulley et al. 2014
MOD21 Band 29 (8.55 µm) Emissivity, Jornada Experimental Range
Redwood
TexasGrassland
LST&E ValidaOon Sites (Stage 1)
Temperature-based and Radiance-based validaOon methods (Wan et al. 2008, Guillevic et al. 2012, Schneider et al. 2013, Hulley et al. 2012, Hook et al. 2007)
MODIS LST ValidaOon Summary
1.10.7
1.5
0.80.5
1.1 1.31.0 1.2
0.9
2.8
4.0 4.1 3.9
3.2
1.1 0.9 1.21.5
0.5
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
Algodones GreatSands
Kelso Killpecker LiTleSahara
WhiteSands
RedWood Txgrass SaltonSea Tahoe
RMSE (K) MOD21
MOD11
MOD11 larger uncertainty over bare regions (3-5 K)
MOD11 more stable over graybodies
(higher precision)
LST Uncertainty Model Hulley et al. 2012
𝛿𝐿𝑆𝑇𝑀𝑂𝐷𝐼𝑆 = 𝑎𝑜 + 𝑎1𝑇𝐶𝑊 + 𝑎2SVA + 𝑎3𝑇𝐶𝑊 ∙ 𝑆𝑉𝐴 + 𝑎4𝑇𝐶𝑊2 + 𝑎5𝑆𝑉𝐴2 (10) (1)
1 ai = Regression coefficients dependent on surface type (gray, bare, transition) SVA = Sensor view angle TCW = Total column water estimate (cm), e.g. from MOD07, NCEP
TCW
𝐿𝑆𝑇$$$$$ =
1(𝑤1 + 𝑤2)
(𝑤1 ∙ 𝐿𝑆𝑇1 + 𝑤2 ∙ 𝐿𝑆𝑇2) (1)
𝑤 = 1/𝛿2
Combined LST is weighted mean:
Guillevic et al. 2014
VLST – MOD11 C5 LST (08-11-2012, SNO) Split-Window products
>15 K
5-10 K
Criteria: 1. Time: <10 min 2. Angular separation: <2° 3. View angles < 10º
MOD11
VLST (IDPS)
VIIRS – MODIS LST Difference
MOD21/VNP21
MOD11/VLST
• 54 Granules • Jan, Feb, Aug, Sep • CONUS • 2012
Summary
1. MXD21andVNP21algorithmsimplementedatMODAPSandLand-SIPS(mature)• BaseliningandtesBngalmostcompleteforMXD21
• BaselininginprogressforVNP21
2. MXD21/VNP21uncertainBesat~1KlevelforLSTand~1%foremissivity
3. MXD21/VNP21conBnuitydemonstratedatthe~0.5Klevel(Climateenabling)
4. FutureendeavoristomergeMXD21/MXD11reduceuncertaintyandoverallnumberofLSTproducts
Los Angeles Heatwave 9-11 October, 2015 320-330 K (~55 C, 130 F)
MODIS-TES (MOD21) Land Surface Temperature (K) 10 October 2015
VIIRS-TES LST Anomaly (2000-2014 October baseline)
Los Angeles Heatwave 9-11 October, 2015 20 degrees above normal!!