MODIS-Based Monthly LST Products over Amazonia under Different Cloud Mask Schemes

José Gomis-Cebolla, Juan C. Jiménez-Muñoz and José A. Sobrino
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José Gomis-Cebolla: Global Change Unit, Image Processing Laboratory, University of Valencia, Paterna, Valencia 46010, Spain
Juan C. Jiménez-Muñoz: Global Change Unit, Image Processing Laboratory, University of Valencia, Paterna, Valencia 46010, Spain
José A. Sobrino: Global Change Unit, Image Processing Laboratory, University of Valencia, Paterna, Valencia 46010, Spain

Data, 2016, vol. 1, issue 2, 1-10

Abstract: One of the major problems in the monitoring of tropical rainforests using satellite imagery is their persistent cloud coverage. The use of daily observations derived from high temporal resolution sensors, such as Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), could potentially help to mitigate this issue, increasing the number of clear-sky observations. However, the cloud contamination effect should be removed from these results in order to provide a reliable description of these forests. In this study the available MODIS Land Surface Temperature (LST) products have been reprocessed over the Amazon Basin (10 N–20 S, 80 W–45 W) by introducing different cloud masking schemes. The monthly LST datasets can be used for the monitoring of thermal anomalies over the Amazon forests and the analysis of spatial patterns of warming events at higher spatial resolutions than other climatic datasets.

Keywords: Thermal Amazonia; land surface temperature; MODIS; Amazon forest; thermal anomalies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C8 C80 C81 C82 C83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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