Remotely sensed clear-sky surface longwave downward radiation by using multivariate adaptive regression splines method

Wang Zhou, Tianxing Wang, Jiancheng Shi, Bin Peng, Rui Zhao, Yuechi Yu

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Abstract

Surface radiation balance plays a vital role in the earth surface system and affects many biogeophysical processes. As one of components of surface energy balance, longwave downward radiation (LWDR) is considered as the most poorly estimated radiation component, and its uncertainty is regarded as substantially larger than other terms of surface energy budget. In this paper, we applied the multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS) method to derive LWDR based on MODIS thermal infrared bands top of atmosphere radiances and ground-based LWDR measurements. In model fitting process, the RMSE, bias and R-square value are 25.49 W/m2, -0.000 W/m2 and 0.88, respectively; and in model validation stage, the RMSE, bias and R-square value are 25.63 W/m2, 0.481 W/m2 and 0.87, respectively. The newly proposed model demonstrates comparable accuracy with other LWDR estimating methods and proves that MARS method is very useful in remote sensing based LWDR estimation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2018 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages5571-5574
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781538671504
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 31 2018
Event38th Annual IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2018 - Valencia, Spain
Duration: Jul 22 2018Jul 27 2018

Publication series

NameInternational Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Volume2018-July

Conference

Conference38th Annual IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2018
Country/TerritorySpain
CityValencia
Period7/22/187/27/18

Keywords

  • Longwave downward radiation
  • MODIS
  • Multivariate adaptive regression splines
  • Remote sensing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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