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Retrieval of hourly aerosol single scattering albedo over land using geostationary satellite data
The single scattering albedo (SSA) of aerosol particles is one of the key variables that determine aerosol radiative forcing. Herein, an Algorithm...
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Novel Physical Parameterizations in Vegetated Land Surface Processes for Carbon Allocations and Snow-Covered Surface Albedo
Vegetation growth/decay is important in land surface modeling to represent fluxes of surface energy and mass as well as surface albedoSurface albedo....
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MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth Inversion Over Urban Areas Supported by BRDF/Albedo Products
Aerosols play an important role in climate change and environmental pollution, and monitoring of aerosols via remote sensing is of great...
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Urban heat island mitigation via geometric configuration
The urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon has gained a global interest with the growing number of urbanized areas. This paper explores how the...
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Evaluation of Desertification in the Middle Moulouya Basin (North-East Morocco) Using Sentinel-2 Images and Spectral Index Techniques
This article focuses on the quantitative assessment of desertification in the Middle Moulouya basin located in the North-East of Morocco. Indeed,...
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Derivation of 1.064 μm normal albedos on the C-type asteroid Ryugu from laser pulse intensity measurement of the Hayabusa2 LIDAR
Japanese asteroid explorer Hayabusa2 arrived at C-type asteroid 162,173 Ryugu in June 2018. The laser altimeter (LIDAR) onboard Hayabusa2 measured...
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Dependency of LSA and LST to topographic factors in Iran, based on remote sensing data
Land surface albedo (LSA) and land surface temperature (LST) are used in many environmental studies. Linking topographical factors (altitude, aspect,...
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Geometric correction for thermographic images of asteroid 162173 Ryugu by TIR (thermal infrared imager) onboard Hayabusa2
The thermal infrared imager (TIR) onboard the Hayabusa2 spacecraft performed thermographic observations of the asteroid 162173 Ryugu (1999 JU
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Spectral Albedo Estimation of Snow Covers in Pakistan Using Landsat Data
Accurate snow spectral albedo measurements from satellite data can essentially help to determine the changes over the snow surface area. In the...
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Local-scale monitoring of evapotranspiration based on downscaled GRACE observations and remotely sensed data: An application of terrestrial water balance approach
Evapotranspiration (ET), as one of the most central parameters to the climate systems, plays a predominant role in the water, energy, carbon cycles,...
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Interaction of the Sea Breeze with the Urban Area of Rome: WRF Mesoscale and WRF Large-Eddy Simulations Compared to Ground-Based Observations
The Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model is used to simulate atmospheric circulation during the summer season in a coastal region of central...
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Structure and Properties of Lake Ice
Ice is the solid phase of water. On the Earth's surface conditions, ice crystal lattice is hexagonal, which is an open structure so that ice density...
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Thermodynamics of Seasonal Lake Ice
The heat content of a lake ice cover consists mainly of the latent heat lost in the ice formation. Cooling of lake surface water is due to radiative...
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An explosive mud volcano origin for the pitted cones in southern Utopia Planitia, Mars
Pitted cones are cone-shaped structures, spanning from meters to kilometers in size, characterized by summit depressions. They are widely distributed...
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Post-Classification Urban Heat Island Change Detection Based on Multi-Temporal Satellite Images
Increasing human desire for urbanization and, as a result, urban growth and development has caused the replacement of natural objects such as...
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Features and sources of aerosol properties over the western Pacific Ocean based on shipborne measurements
In the Western Pacific, the limited in situ observations of aerosol optical depth (AOD) show substantial north–south differences in its spectral...
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The role of an interactive Greenland ice sheet in the coupled climate-ice sheet model EC-Earth-PISM
Ice sheet processes are often simplified in global climate models as changes in ice sheets have been assumed to occur over long time scales compared...
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Seasonal Tropospheric Aerosol Classification Using AERONET Spectral Absorption Properties in African Locations
Due to diverse aerosol sources and location, complex aerosol composition in Africa makes the regional assessment of its impact on climate limited....
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Impacts of the Urban Spatial Landscape in Bei**g on Surface and Canopy Urban Heat Islands
How does the urban spatial landscape (USL) pattern affect the land surface urban heat islands (SUHIs) and canopy urban heat islands (CUHIs)? Based on...
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Exploiting satellite observations for global surface albedo trends monitoring
Surface albedo is one of the essential climate variables as it influences the radiation budget and the energy balance. Because it is used in a...
