GC54C:
Taking the Temperature of the Earth: Challenges, Trends, and Applications Across All Earth Surface Domains I

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Session ID#: 32623

Session Description:
Surface temperature (ST) is a critical variable for studying the energy and water balances of the Earth surface, and monitoring the effects of climate change, and there is an urgent need for better understanding of in situ measurements and satellite observations to quantify ST as it changes from day to day, month to month. The EarthTemp network was established in 2012 to stimulate new international collaboration in measuring and better understanding correlations of different ST’s across the Earth’s surface including air, land, sea, lakes, and ice. This will be the 5th EarthTemp session at the AGU and will include topics related to 1) progress in improving the quality of ST products through rigorous validation, 2) monitoring variability and long-term climate trends, and 3) applications of ST data to detect and better understand Earth system behavior.
Primary Convener:  Glynn C Hulley, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Convener:  Darren Ghent, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
Chairs:  Glynn C Hulley, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and Darren Ghent, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
OSPA Liaison:  Darren Ghent, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
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Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Christopher J Merchant, University of Reading, Department of Meteorology, Reading, United Kingdom; National Centre for Earth Observation, Reading, United Kingdom and Science Team of the ESA Climate Change Initiative for Sea Surface Temperatue
Sofia Lorena Ermida, Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Dom Luiz, Lisboa, Portugal, Isabel Franco Trigo, Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Lisbon, Portugal, Carlos DaCamara, IDL, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal and Darren Ghent, Universiry of Leicester, Physics and Astronomy, Leicester, United Kingdom
Kerry Cawse-Nicholson1, Simon J Hook1, Glynn Gulley2, Eva E Borbas3 and Robert O Knuteson4, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)University of Wisconsin Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center, Madison, WI, United States, (4)University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
Jacob Hoyer, Danish Meteorological Institute, National Centre for Climate Research, København Ø, Denmark, Kristine S Madsen, DMI, Copenhagen Oe, Denmark and Pia Englyst, Danish Meteorological Institute, København Ø, Denmark
Zeke Hausfather, Berkeley Earth, Berkeley, CA, United States, Peter Thorne, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Geography, Maynooth, Ireland and Carl A Mears, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA, United States
Elizabeth Good, Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UNITED KINGDOM, Darren Ghent, Universiry of Leicester, Physics and Astronomy, Leicester, United Kingdom, Claire Bulgin, University of Reading, Dept. of Meteorology, Reading, United Kingdom and John J Remedios, National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
Charles White1, Andrew K Heidinger2, Steven A Ackerman1,3 and Peter B. McIntyre4, (1)University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Madison, WI, United States, (2)Center for Satellite Application and Research (STAR), NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI, United States, (3)Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, WI, United States, (4)Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
Massimo Musacchio1, Maria Fabrizia Buongiorno1, Malvina Silvestri2, Giuseppe Vilardo3, Fabio Sansivero3, Teresa Caputo3, Eliana bellucci Sessa3 and David C Pieri4, (1)Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Roma, Italy, (2)National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Rome, Italy, (3)Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Napoli, Italy, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States