Derivation of Land Surface Temperature for Landsat-8 TIRS Using a Split Window Algorithm

Sensors

Offer Rozenstein³  Zhihao Qin¹  Yevgeny Derimian² 

[1] Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; E-Mail:;Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique, Université de Lille1/CNRS, Villeneuve d'Ascq 59655, France; E-Mail:;The Remote Sensing Laboratory, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boker Campus, Midreshet Ben-Gurion 84990, Israel; E-Mail:

关键词: thermal remote sensing;    TIRS;    Landsat-8;    land surface temperature;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s140405768

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Land surface temperature (LST) is one of the most important variables measured by satellite remote sensing. Public domain data are available from the newly operational Landsat-8 Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS). This paper presents an adjustment of the split window algorithm (SWA) for TIRS that uses atmospheric transmittance and land surface emissivity (LSE) as inputs. Various alternatives for estimating these SWA inputs are reviewed, and a sensitivity analysis of the SWA to misestimating the input parameters is performed. The accuracy of the current development was assessed using simulated Modtran data. The root mean square error (RMSE) of the simulated LST was calculated as 0.93 °C. This SWA development is leading to progress in the determination of LST by Landsat-8 TIRS.

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