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

Friday, 19 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
Chairs:  Glynn C Hulley, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and Pierre Guillevic, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Primary Conveners:  Glynn C Hulley, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Co-conveners:  Pierre Guillevic, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Pierre Guillevic, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

1:40 PM
GC53E-01
 
Maximising the benefits of satellite LST within the user community: ESA DUE GlobTemperature
Darren Ghent, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
1:55 PM
GC53E-02
 
Taking the Temperature of the Earth: Ocean Surface Temperature
Peter J Minnett, Univ Miami / RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States
2:10 PM
GC53E-03
 
Amplification of and Trends in Arctic Surface Temperature
Josefino C Comiso, NASA Goddard SFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States
2:25 PM
GC53E-04
 
Arctic (and Antarctic) Observing Experiment - an Assessment of Methods to Measure Temperature over Polar Environments
Ignatius G Rigor1, Pablo Clemente-Colon2,3, Son V Nghiem4, Dorothy K Hall5, John Edward Woods3, Gina R Henderson3, Julia Zook3, Chris Marshall6 and Champika Gallage6, (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)Environment Canada Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
2:40 PM
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
Martin Beniston, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
2:55 PM
GC53E-06
 
Use of Land Surface Temperature Observations in a Two-Source Energy Balance Model Towards Improved Monitoring of Evapotranspiration and Drought
Christopher Hain, University of Maryland, CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD, United States, Martha C. Anderson, USDA ARS, Pendleton, OR, United States, Jason Otkin, University of Wisconsin Madison, CIMSS/SSEC, Madison, WI, United States, Kathryn A Semmens, Agricultural Research Service Beltsville, Beltsville, MD, United States, Xiwu Zhan, NOAA-NESDIS, 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
3:10 PM
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?
Guillermo P Podesta1, Katherine Ann Kilpatrick2, Robert Evans1 and Peter J Minnett3, (1)Univ Miami / RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States, (2)University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (3)Univ Miami, Miami, FL, United States
3:25 PM
GC53E-08
 
Characterizing an Integrated Annual Global Measure of the Earth’s Maximum Land Surface Temperatures from 2003 to 2012 Reveals Strong Biogeographic Influences
David J Mildrexler, Oregon State University, Forest Ecosystems and Society, Corvallis, OR, United States, Maosheng Zhao, University of Maryland, GREENBELT, MD, United States and Steven W Running, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, United States
 
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