• Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
  • Vol. 30, Issue 4, 310 (2011)
ZHAO Hong-Rui1、2、*, YANG Bin1、3, and YANG Yuan-Yan4
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    ZHAO Hong-Rui, YANG Bin, YANG Yuan-Yan. Land surface temperature retrieval by weak-fixed-parameter method[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2011, 30(4): 310 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A land surface temperature (LST) retrieval algorithm called week-fixed-parameter method was proposed. The new method is achieved by week-fixed sensitive parameters so as to control information flow from MODIS thermal infrared data. Based on the thermal infrared radiative transfer theory, a forward retrieval model was established and 14 parameters were retrieved together. The retrieved parameters included LST, average temperature of atmosphere, six bands’ atmospheric transmittances and surface emissivities in mid-infrared(3~5 μm) and infrared(8~145 μm). The algorithm was tested with both MODTRAN simulated data and MODIS data. Compared with that of split-window algorithm, MODIS temperature products and ground truth, the RMSE is 0.57 K,which is better than that of traditional split-window algorithm. The test indicates that the weak-fixed-parameter method is effective to retrieve LST.
    ZHAO Hong-Rui, YANG Bin, YANG Yuan-Yan. Land surface temperature retrieval by weak-fixed-parameter method[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2011, 30(4): 310
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