Land surface information from satellites boost near-surface temperature forecast skill
2026
Ruiz-Vasquez, Melissa, O, Sungmin, Brenning, Alexander, Reichstein, Markus, Balsamo, Gianpaolo, Orth, Rene
Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Machine and deep learning-based forecast of Tehran's accelerating nighttime surface heat island crisis
2026
Zargari, Motahhareh, Ghader, Sarmad, Perez, Isidro A., Garcia, M. Angeles
Land Surface Temperature , Emissivity, Vegetation Index , Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Machine learning analysis of Iran's wildfire landscape and anthropogenic influences
2026
Sadra, Nasim, Nikoo, Mohammad Reza, Nazari, Rouzbeh, Karimi, Maryam, Uddin, Md Galal, Gandomi, Amir H.
Vegetation Index , Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Fire Dynamics, Surface Radiative Properties , Land Surface Temperature
Model sensitivity across scales: a case study of simulating an offshore low-level jet
2026
Hawbecker, Patrick, Lassman, William, Juliano, Timothy W., Kosovic, Branko, Haupt, Sue Ellen
Sea Surface Temperature , Geopotential Height, Altitude, Surface Temperature , Skin Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Air Temperature, Cloud Top Temperature, Atmospheric Winds , Surface Winds , U/V Wind Components, Upper Level Winds, U/V Wind Components, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Specific Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds, Total Ozone, Sea Surface Topography , Vertical Profiles, Ozone Profiles, Sea Surface Temperature , Sea Surface Temperature , Sea Surface Temperature , Sea Surface Temperature , Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Soil Heat Budget, Soil Heat Budget, Soil Temperature, Soil Temperature, Soil Infiltration, Soil Infiltration, Soil Moisture/Water Content , Surface Soil Moisture, Root Zone Soil Moisture, Soil Moisture/Water Content , Evaporation, Surface Water, Runoff Rate, Average Flow, Average Flow, Precipitation , Snow/Ice , Snow Depth , Snow Melt , Snow/Ice Temperature, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Heat Flux, Heat Flux, Heat Flux, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Water Vapor Tendency, Water Vapor Flux, Cloud Dynamics, Cloud Microphysics, Ice Fraction, Sea Surface Skin Temperature, Skin Temperature
GHRSST Level 4 OSPO Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2) MERRA-2 tavg1_2d_slv_Nx: 2d,1-Hourly,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Single-Level Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2T1NXSLV) at GES DISC MERRA-2 const_2d_asm_Nx: 2d, constants 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2C0NXASM) at GES DISC MERRA-2 inst6_3d_ana_Np: 3d,6-Hourly,Instantaneous,Pressure-Level,Analysis,Analyzed Meteorological Fields 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2I6NPANA) at GES DISC GHRSST Level 4 MUR Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (v4.1) GHRSST NOAA/STAR GOES-16 ABI L3C America Region SST v2.70 dataset in GDS2 GHRSST Level 4 K10_SST Global 10 km Analyzed Sea Surface Temperature from Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO) in GDS2.0 MERRA-2 tavg1_2d_lnd_Nx: 2d,1-Hourly,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Land Surface Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2T1NXLND) at GES DISC MERRA-2 inst6_3d_ana_Nv: 3d,6-Hourly,Instantaneous,Model-Level,Analysis,Analyzed Meteorological Fields 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2I6NVANA) at GES DISC MERRA-2 tavg1_2d_ocn_Nx: 2d,1-Hourly,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Ocean Surface Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2T1NXOCN) at GES DISC GHRSST Level 4 CMC0.1deg Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2)
Moisture inversions in the central Arctic: Product assessment and longwave radiative effect
2026
Walbrol, Andreas, Crewell, Susanne, BarrientosVelasco, Carola, Chellini, Giovanni, Griesche, Hannes J., Ruckert, Janna E., Ebell, Kerstin
Surface Temperature , Skin Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Air Temperature, Atmospheric Winds , Surface Winds , U/V Wind Components, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Specific Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Altitude, Boundary Layer Winds, Pressure Thickness, U/V Wind Components, Potential Vorticity, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Vertical Profiles, Relative Humidity, Cloud Fraction, Geopotential Height, Ozone Profiles
MERRA-2 inst1_2d_asm_Nx: 2d,1-Hourly,Instantaneous,Single-Level,Assimilation,Single-Level Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2I1NXASM) at GES DISC MERRA-2 inst3_3d_asm_Nv: 3d,3-Hourly,Instantaneous,Model-Level,Assimilation,Assimilated Meteorological Fields 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2I3NVASM) at GES DISC
Meteorological to agricultural drought transitions compounded by heat waves in historical and future climates
2026
Short Gianotti, Daniel J., Gannon, Meriah J., Entekhabi, Dara
Brightness Temperature, Surface Soil Moisture, Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature , Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide , Geopotential Height, Humidity , Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Tropospheric Ozone, Sulfur Dioxide , Surface Temperature , Cloud Fraction
Limited thermal tolerance in tropical insects and its genomic signature
2026
Holzmann, Kim L., Schmitzer, Thomas, Abels, Antonia, Corkalo, Marko, Mitesser, Oliver, Kortmann, Mareike, Alonso-Alonso, Pedro, Correa-Carmona, Yenny, Pinos, Andrea, Yon, Felipe, Alvarado, Mabel, Forsyth, Adrian, Lopera-Toro, Alejandro, Brehm, Gunnar, Keller, Alexander, Otieno, Mark, Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Peters, Marcell K.
Land Surface Temperature
Long-Term Snow Avalanche Trends in High Mountain Asia: Climatic Drivers
2026
Caiserman, Arnaud, Sidle, Roy C., Steiner, Jakob, Shibkov, Evgenii
Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration , Wind Speed , Rain , Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content , Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature , Snow Cover , Snow Depth , Snow Water Equivalent , Runoff
Integrating physical drivers for wildfire hazard modelling in support of
2026
Corbea-Perez, Alejandro, Merino, Andres, Navarro, Andres, Garcia-Ortega, Eduardo
Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation , Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Surface Temperature , Emissivity, Evapotranspiration , Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Latent Heat Flux, Vegetation Index , Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
InSAR Deformation Analysis and Response Mechanism of Retrogressive Thaw Slumps in Permafrost Region of the QinghaiTibet Engineering Corridor
2026
Chi, Yintong, He, Yi, Huo, Tianbao, Li, Hongzhe, Chen, Jian
Vegetation Index , Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature , Emissivity, Terrain Elevation , RADAR IMAGERY, Topographical Relief Maps
How to identify urban heat inequity? A systematic literature review of scales, indicators, pathways, and future directions
2026
Lin, Yue, Zeng, Hui
Land Surface Temperature , Emissivity
Hydrological Analysis of the Middle and Lower Paraguay Basin Based on Water Balance and Storage Using Imerg, GLDAS, and Grace Products (2003-2023)
2026
Villalba, Rossana, Ferral, Anabella, BaezGiven, Julian, Kurita, Jorge, Bonansea, Matias, Bertoni, Juan Carlos
Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature , Humidity , Evapotranspiration , Surface Winds , Rain , Precipitation Rate , Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content , Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature , Snow Water Equivalent , Runoff , Ground Water , Precipitation , Precipitation Amount
Human contributions to evapotranspiration mitigate swings in dry-to-wet year transitions
2026
Pierrat, Zoe Amie, Gustine, Rebecca N., Boser, Anna, Ruehr, Sophie, Lee, Christine M., Reager, J. T., Cawse-Nicholson, Kerry
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Vegetation Index , Geopotential Height, Surface Pressure, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature , Humidity , Convection, Surface Winds , Rain , Land Surface Temperature
Human disturbance intensity reduces drought resistance without prolonging recovery in karst forests of southwest China
2026
Wang, Lu, Yue, Yuemin, Shi, Liang, Wang, Weiye, Cui, Jiawen, Li, Qian, Liang, Boyi, Xu, Chongyang, Liu, Hongyan, Brandt, Martin, Wang, Kelin
Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Host Community Traits Driving Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
2026
Xavier, Patricia, Perello, Alberto, Luque-Castro, Victor, Relimpio, David, Barroso, Patricia, Almeida, Virgilio, de la Fuente, Jose, Balseiro, Ana, Ruiz-Fons, Francisco, Gortazar, Christian
Vegetation Index , Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
High-Resolution Downscaling of GRACE-Derived Groundwater Storage Anomalies using Stacking Ensemble Machine Learning in the Data-Scarce Tropical Catchments
2026
Karunarathna, S., Dissanayake, B. C., Gunawardhana, L., Rajapakse, L.
Evapotranspiration , Latent Heat Flux, Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature , Humidity , Surface Winds , Rain , Precipitation Rate , Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content , Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature , Snow Water Equivalent , Runoff
Increase in plant reliance on past precipitation associated with greening and drying
2026
Zhang, Hongying, Zhang, Yao, Miralles, Diego G., Tai, Xiaonan, Koppa, Akash, Yang, Hui, Sitch, Stephen, OSullivan, Michael
Land Use/Land Cover Classification , Land Use Classes, Vegetation Cover, Albedo , Vegetation Index , Landscape Patterns, Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature , Humidity , Evapotranspiration , Surface Winds , Rain , Precipitation Rate , Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content , Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature , Snow Water Equivalent , Runoff
Improving evapotranspiration estimation by integrating process-based
2026
Xie, Mingming, Zhang, Jianyun, Bao, Zhenxin, Zhang, Linus, Duan, Zheng, Wang, Guoqing, Liu, Cuishan, Yuan, Feifei, Guan, Xiaoxiang
Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Surface Temperature , Emissivity, Reflectance , Albedo , Anisotropy
In Situ Observation of a Strong Diurnal Warming Event in the Labrador
2026
Hauser, Simon F., ten Doeschate, Anneke, Ward, Brian, Esters, Leonie
Carbon Monoxide , Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity , Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature , Sea Surface Temperature , Clouds , Cloud Frequency
Landscape configuration shapes bird-plant multilayer networks in urban
2026
Tang, Tianyu, Hirao, Toshihide
Land Surface Temperature , Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) , Albedo
Large lake buffers regional extreme heat and surface energy under the 2022 record-breaking heatwave in China
2026
Xing, Zikang, Li, Yunliang, Dai, Yufeng, Wei, Jianhui, Ma, Miaomiao, Zhang, Xuejun, Gao, Hui
Land Surface Temperature , Emissivity
Kernelbased estimation of stratospheric aerosol radiative effects from volcanic and wildfire events
2026
Yu, Qiurun, Huang, Yi
Atmospheric Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Radiative Forcing, Surface Radiative Properties , Albedo , Emissivity, Cloud Properties, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Skin Temperature, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Skin Temperature, Dust/Ash/Smoke , Carbonaceous Aerosols, Organic Particles, Sulfate Particles, Sulfur Oxides, Sulfur Compounds, Sulfate, Sulfur Dioxide , Sulfur Oxides, Dimethyl Sulfide, Aerosol Particle Properties, Particulate Matter, Aerosols , Surface Pressure, Pressure Thickness, Relative Humidity, Sea Salt, Black Carbon, Air Mass/Density , Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness , Angstrom Exponent, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5) , PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 1.0) , PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 10) , Atmospheric Ozone, Sea Level Pressure, U/V Wind Components, U/V Wind Components, Potential Vorticity, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Vertical Profiles, Upper Air Temperature, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Altitude, Geopotential Height, Ozone Profiles
MERRA-2 tavg1_2d_rad_Nx: 2d,1-Hourly,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Radiation Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2T1NXRAD) at GES DISC MERRA-2 inst3_3d_aer_Nv: 3d,3-Hourly,Instantaneous,Model-Level,Assimilation,Aerosol Mixing Ratio 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2I3NVAER) at GES DISC MERRA-2 tavg1_2d_aer_Nx: 2d,1-Hourly,Time-averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Aerosol Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2T1NXAER) at GES DISC MERRA-2 inst3_3d_asm_Nv: 3d,3-Hourly,Instantaneous,Model-Level,Assimilation,Assimilated Meteorological Fields 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2I3NVASM) at GES DISC
Satellite-Based Fraction of Available Water Reveals Soil Moisture Deficits Preceding Major Wildfires
2026
Goffin, Benjamin D., Fernandez, Alfonso, Etchanchu, Jordi, Fang, Bin, Lakshmi, Venkataraman
Vegetation Water Content, Soil Moisture/Water Content , Skin Temperature, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires , Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation , Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM) , Land Use/Land Cover Classification , Topographical Relief Maps, Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Brightness Temperature, Surface Soil Moisture, SIGMA NAUGHT
Revisiting the Urban Heat and Pollution Islands over the Kolkata Metropolitan Area, India
2026
Pandey, Pragya, Tyagi, Bhishma, Kumar, Pradeep, Sahu, Saroj Kumar, Sharma, Kuldeep
Land Use/Land Cover Classification , Albedo , Anisotropy, Land Surface Temperature , Emissivity, Vegetation Index , Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Satellite-based species-level monitoring of mangrove phenology and climate responses using EVI and lagged environmental correlations (20132024)
2026
Koedsin, Werapong, Pinkaew, Surachet, Chan, Jonathan Cheung-Wai, Ritchie, Raymond J., Huete, Alfredo
Land Surface Temperature , Emissivity