SURFACE THERMAL PROPERTIES
type: Concept

LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE
type: Concept
change note: 2013-08-23 10:18:46.0 [tbs1979] update Definition (NASA Earth Observatory); update Definition (Refers to how hot the “surface” of the Earth would feel to the touch in a particular location. From a satellite’s point of view, the “surface” is whatever it sees when it looks through the atmosphere to the ground. It could be snow and ice, the grass on a lawn, the roof of a building, or the leaves in the canopy of a forest. Thus, land surface temperature is not the same as the air temperature that is included in the daily weather report.);
change note: 2013-08-16 09:24:25.0 [tbs1979] update Definition (); update Definition (A measure of the thermal energy of the land surface. );
definition: Refers to how hot the “surface” of the Earth would feel to the touch in a particular location. From a satellite’s point of view, the “surface” is whatever it sees when it looks through the atmosphere to the ground. It could be snow and ice, the grass on a lawn, the roof of a building, or the leaves in the canopy of a forest. Thus, land surface temperature is not the same as the air temperature that is included in the daily weather report.
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