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Offset of MODIS land surface temperatures from in situ air temperatures in the upper Kaskawulsh Glacier region (St. Elias Mountains) indicates near-surface temperature inversions
Ingalise Kindstedt
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
Kristin M. Schild
Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
Dominic Winski
Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
Karl Kreutz
Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
Luke Copland
Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Seth Campbell
Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
Erin McConnell
Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
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Short summary
We show that neither the large spatial footprint of the MODIS sensor nor poorly constrained snow emissivity values explain the observed cold offset in MODIS land surface temperatures (LSTs) in the St. Elias. Instead, the offset is most prominent under conditions associated with near-surface temperature inversions. This work represents an advance in the application of MODIS LSTs to glaciated alpine regions, where we often depend solely on remote sensing products for temperature information.
We show that neither the large spatial footprint of the MODIS sensor nor poorly constrained snow...
