39. Using Satellite Data for Global Surface Monitoring
Author：
Daniel K Zhou
Affiliation： NASA
Surface skin temperature and emissivity derived from the current and future
operational satellites can and will reveal critical information on the Earth's
ecosystem and land surface type properties. Presented here is the global surface IR
emissivity and skin temperature retrieved from IASI measurements under
\"clear-sky\" conditions. We are to demonstrate that surface emissivity and skin
temperature from satellite IASI measurements can be used in assistance of
monitoring global change. Monthly surface emissivity and temperature with a spatial
resolution of 0.5x0.5 degrees of latitude-longitude are produced with temporal
variation to indicate seasonal diversity of global surface emissivity and temperature.
Global surface monitoring over more than 4 years IASI measurements is under
investigation. It is attempted deriving a trend as the measurements continuously
provided.