The land surface temperature is calculated from thermal infrared bands 10 and 11, as indicated in the Centre d'enseignement et de recherche en foresterie de Sainte-Foy methodology.

Land surface temperature (LST) is a critical parameter for understanding Earth's energy balance and monitoring climate change ...

Now new research, published in AGU Advances, finds that beyond decimating old-growth forests and releasing large amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere, wildfires warm the surface of the land ...