Taking the Temperature of the Earth: Steps towards Integrated Understanding of Variability and Change...

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Glynn Hulley (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Cal Tech, USA) Darren Ghent (Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, UK)

Taking the Temperature of the Earth

Steps towards Integrated Understanding of Variability and Change

Glynn Hulley (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Cal Tech, USA), Darren Ghent (Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, UK)

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English

Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
18 June 2019

Atmospheric physics; Geological surface processes (geomorphology); Meteorology & climatology; Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing

Taking the Temperature of the Earth: Steps towards Integrated Understanding of Variability and Change presents an integrated, collaborative approach to observing and understanding various surface temperatures from a whole-Earth perspective. The book describes the progress in improving the quality of surface temperatures across different domains of the Earth’s surface (air, land, sea, lakes and ice), assessing variability and long-term trends, and providing applications of surface temperature data to detect and better understand Earth system behavior.

As cooperation is essential between scientific communities, whose focus on particular domains of Earth’s surface and on different components of the observing system help to accelerate scientific understanding and multiply the benefits for society, this book bridges the gap between domains.

Edited by: Glynn Hulley (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Cal Tech USA), Darren Ghent (Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, UK)
Imprint: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 191mm,
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9780128144589
ISBN 10: 0128144580
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 18 June 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr. Glynn Hulley is a physicist in the Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Glynn's research interests are focused on the remote sensing of Earth surface properties using thermal infrared spectroscopy. He is a member of several NASA thermal infrared satellite instrument teams including MODIS, VIIRS, ECOSTRESS, ASTER, AIRS, and Landsat. A key aspect of Glynn's research is the development of new techniques to retrieve surface temperature and spectral emissivity information from thermal remotely sensed data. Algorithms and science products developed by Glynn are widely used by researchers and have been incorporated into commercial packages by NASA. Dr. Darren Ghent: is a senior research scientist at the University of Leicester and an NCEO staff member. His research interests include the retrieval, validation and exploitation of land-surface temperature (LST), both the products from Earth Observation and the simulations of land-surface models. He is the LST Validation Scientist and LST Algorithm Manager on the Sentinel-3 mission, and is responsible for maintaining LST products from the ATSR series of instruments. He is the Project Scientist on the ESA DUE GlobTemperature Project and PI on the ESA TIRI-SIM Project; and is and has been involved on numerous other ESA, EU and National projects.