GlobTemperature

Strengthening user uptake of satellite measurements of land surface temperature

Land surface temperature (LST) is of key importance in earth system modelling and environmental monitoring.Â It influences fluxes of energy and water between the land and atmosphere and is itself a valuable indicator of the changing state of the land surface.Â Accurate knowledge of LST is essential in a range of disciplines, including for example: climate research and monitoring, numerical weather prediction (NWP), land surface model development, land cover change, crop yield forecasting, drought and wildfire early warning, and the study of urban heat islands and volcanology.

Name	GlobTemperature
Title	Strengthening user uptake of satellite measurements of land surface temperature
Programme	DUE (Data User Element)
Theme	Land
Cost	€1,500k
Type	Service Demonstration
Status	In progress
Sensors	SUOMI/NPP VIIRS MSG : SEVIRI MetOp : IASI ERS-2 : ATSR-2 ERS-1 : ATSR-1 EOS-Terra : ASTER EOS-Aqua : MODIS ENVISAT : AATSR AMSR/E Sentinel-3 SLSTR MetOp AVHRR NOAA : SSM/I
Web site	http://www.globtemperature.info
Objectives	The aim of ESA's GlobTemperature project is to overcome the barriers preventing wider uptake of global-scale satellite LST by the broad research and operational user communities. GlobTemperature aims to strengthen the uptake of global satellite land surface temperature (LST) information in user community applications by performing the following activities: Facilitating user access to a range of satellite based LST products, from well established data sets to new prototypes, at various processing levels (Level-2, Level-3, Level-4), in harmonised formats, from a common portal, together with user-guides and quality information that meet common standards of documentation. Developing and delivering LST products which better meet users needs, addressing for example, needs for long time series with high stability for climate use, information on the diurnal cycle, and validated product uncertainties. Providing users with quality assessments by uniformly validating and intercomparing satellite LST products from multiple satellite missions. Demonstrating the benefits of satellite LST by performing user case studies across a wide range of LST applications, in which satellite LST information shall be integrated into users' applications. These case studies shall include applications such as surface temperature analysis for climate change monitoring, NWP, land surface modelling, numerical weather prediction modelling, land cover change detection, agriculture and drought monitoring. Developing and demonstrating the contribution that GMES/Copernicus Sentinel-3 data can bring to satisfying user's needs for LST.
Prime contractor	University of Leicester - Department of Geography
Users	University of Waterloo University of Valencia University of Oslo University of Jena OBSPM Noveltis MPI-Met MeteoRomania Met Office Masdar LSCE JRC ISTI INRA INGV OV IGIK Heidelberg University, Dept. of Geography DMI CICS/NCSU CEH AWI ARS/USDA IMGW
Project Manager	JÃ©rÃ´me Bruniquel ACRI-ST,â€¨260 route du Pin Montard BP 234,â€¨06904 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France Phone: +33 6 2788 6309 Fax: +33 4 9296 7117 Email: jerome.bruniquel@acri-st.fr Dr. Darren Ghent (Project Scientist) University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH UK Phone: +44 (0) 116 229 7719 Fax: +44 (0) 116 252 2464br> Email: djg20@leicester.ac.uk
Technical Officer	Simon Pinnock European Space Agency - ESRIN D/EOP-SEP Via Galileo Galileiâ€¨ I-00044 Frascati (RM)â€¨ITALYâ€¨ Tel: +39 06 941 80573 Fax: +39 06 941 80552â€¨ Email: simon.pinnock@esa.int