Publications

Burdun, I; Sagris, V; Mander, U (2019). Relationships between field-measured hydrometeorological variables and satellite-based land surface temperature in a hemiboreal raised bog. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION, 74, 295-301.

Abstract
Temperature regime is one of the main controlling factors of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from peat bogs. Remotely sensed land surface temperature (LST) has a potential to become an efficient instrument in environmental monitoring of carbon dioxide and methane emissions from peat bogs. This paper examines the relationships between field-measured hydrometeorological variables and MODIS LST data in a hemiboreal raised bog for a period from May to September (2008-2016). The Pearson product-moment correlation was used to reveal the relationship between the field-measured parameters and LST over years and months. A multiple linear regression was chosen to model relationships between the hydrometeorological variables and LST by month. It was found that the relationships between the studied parameters and LST were year- and month-dependent. The main factor of LST was air temperature, and the correlation between LST and air temperature was the strongest during the entire period of study. This study has shown that the hydrometeorological factors of LST can explain 67%-81 % of the variance in LST in a hemiboreal raised bog. The relationships between the hydrometeorological variables and LST may be implemented in more accurate GHG emissions estimation from bogs.

DOI:
10.1016/j.jag.2018.09.019

ISSN:
0303-2434