GC53E:
Taking the Temperature of the Earth: Challenges and Applications Across All Earth Surface Domains II

Session ID#: 2732

Friday, 19 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
3003 (Moscone West)
Chairs:  Glynn C Hulley, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and Pierre C Guillevic, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Primary Convener:  Glynn C Hulley, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Co-Convener:  Pierre C Guillevic, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Pierre C Guillevic, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
Index Terms:

1622 Earth system modeling [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1631 Land/atmosphere interactions [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1632 Land cover change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1637 Regional climate change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
Virtual Option?: No

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

GC53E-01
Maximising the benefits of satellite LST within the user community: ESA DUE GlobTemperature (Invited) (3222)
Darren Ghent, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom and The GlobTemperature Team
GC53E-02
Taking the Temperature of the Earth: Ocean Surface Temperature (Invited) (4298)
Peter J Minnett, Univ Miami / RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States and RSMAS Remote Sensing Group
GC53E-03
Amplification of and Trends in Arctic Surface Temperature (25624)
Josefino C Comiso, NASA Goddard SFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States
GC53E-04
Arctic (and Antarctic) Observing Experiment - an Assessment of Methods to Measure Temperature over Polar Environments (Invited) (3697)
Ignatius G Rigor1, Pablo Clemente-Colon2,3, Son V Nghiem4, Dorothy K Hall5, John Edward Woods3, Gina R Henderson6, Julia Zook3, Chris Marshall7 and Champika Gallage7, (1)Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)National Ice Center, Washington, DC, United States, (3)US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, United States, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (6)US Naval Academy, Annapolis, United States, (7)Environment Canada Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
GC53E-05
Ratios of Record High to Record Low Temperatures in Europe Show an Accelerating Trend Since 2000 Despite a Slowdown in Mean Temperature Trends (3778)
Martin Beniston, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
GC53E-06
Use of Land Surface Temperature Observations in a Two-Source Energy Balance Model Towards Improved Monitoring of Evapotranspiration and Drought (Invited) (5311)
Christopher Hain, University of Maryland, CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD, United States, Martha Anderson, USDA ARS, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, United States, Jason Otkin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, CIMSS/SSEC, Madison, United States, Kathryn A Semmens, Nurture Nature Center, Easton, United States, Xiwu Zhan, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD, United States, Li Fang, NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States and Zhengpeng Li, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
GC53E-07
The Good the Bad and the Ugly of Single Sensor Error Statistics for Sea Surface Temperature: What Do Spaghetti Westerns and Quality Levels Have in Common? (11169)
Guillermo P Podesta, Univ Miami / RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States, Katherine Ann Kilpatrick, University of Miami, Department of Ocean Sciences, Miami, FL, United States, Robert Evans, Univ Miami / RSMAS, Retired, Miami, United States and Peter J Minnett, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, Department of Ocean Sciences, Miami, United States
GC53E-08
Characterizing an Integrated Annual Global Measure of the Earth’s Maximum Land Surface Temperatures from 2003 to 2012 Reveals Strong Biogeographic Influences (27025)
David J Mildrexler, Eastern Oregon Legacy Lands, Joseph, United States, Maosheng Zhao, University of Maryland, GREENBELT, MD, United States and Steven W Running, University of Montana, Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group (NTSG), Missoula, MT, United States
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