Land Surface Temperature (LST) the radiative skin temperature over land. LST plays an important role in the physics of land surface as it is involved in the processes of energy and water exchange with the atmosphere. LST is useful for the scientific community, namely for those dealing with meteorological and climate models. Accurate values of LST are also of special interest in a wide range of areas related to land surface processes, including meteorology, hydrology, agrometeorology, climatology and environmental studies.
Available Products:
The use of LSA SAF products in publications is kindly requested to be duly acknowledged:
[product] was provided by the EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility on Land Surface Analysis (LSA SAF; Trigo et al., 2011)
http://lsa-saf.eumetsat.int
Trigo, I. F., C. C. DaCamara, P. Viterbo, J.-L. Roujean, F. Olesen, C. Barroso, F. Camacho-de Coca, D. Carrer, S. C. Freitas, J. García-Haro, B. Geiger, F. Gellens-Meulenberghs, N. Ghilain, J. Meliá, L. Pessanha, N. Siljamo, and A. Arboleda, 2011: The Satellite Application Facility on Land Surface Analysis. Int. J. Remote Sens., 32, 2725-2744, doi: 10.1080/01431161003743199
Product specific citations:
Ermida, S.L., Trigo, I.F., DaCamara, C.C., Pires, A.C., 2018. A Methodology to Simulate LST Directional Effects Based on Parametric Models and Landscape Properties. Remote Sens. 10, 1114. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10071114
Trigo, I.F., Monteiro, I.T., Olesen, F., Kabsch, E., 2008. An assessment of remotely sensed land surface temperature. J. Geophys. Res. 113, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JD010035
Göttsche, Frank-M. , and Olesen, Folke-S. (2009), Modelling the effect of optical thickness on diurnal cycles of land surface temperature. Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 113(11), pp. 2306-2316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2009.06.006
Hong, F., Zhan, W., Göttsche, F.-M., Liu, Z., Zhou, J., Huang, F., Lai, J. and Li, M. (2018), Comprehensive assessment of four-parameter diurnal land surface temperature cycle models under clear-sky. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, vol. 142, pp. 190-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2018.06.008
Martins, J.P.A., Trigo, I.F., Ghilain, N., Jimenez, C., Göttsche, F.-M., Ermida, S.L., Olesen, F.-S., Gellens-Meulenberghs, F., Arboleda, A., 2019. An all-weather land surface temperature product based on MSG/SEVIRI observations. Remote Sens. 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11243044
Trigo, I.F., Ermida, S.L., Martins, J.P.A., Gouveia, C.M., Göttsche, F.-M., Freitas, S.C., 2021. Validation and consistency assessment of land surface temperature from geostationary and polar orbit platforms: SEVIRI/MSG and AVHRR/Metop. ISPRS J. Photogramm. Remote Sens. 175, 282–297. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ISPRSJPRS.2021.03.013
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When available, the CDR datasets replace the corresponding NRT data in the Data Server for the overlapping period. The CDR ensures continuos times series since it is produce with the most recent algorithm version. To obtain NRT data for the CDR period plase contact the Help Desk.
Product | Sensor/ Platform |
Spatial coverage |
Spatial resolution |
Temporal Coverage |
Temporal resolution |
Documentation | Data access | |
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MSG LST1 Operational |
SEVIRI/ MSG |
Europe, Africa, South America |
3 km 0.05ox0.05o |
2021-NRT |
15 min |
Data Server |
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MSG LST1 Superseded (LSA-004) |
SEVIRI/ MSG |
Europe, Africa, South America |
3 km 0.05ox0.05o |
2005-2021 | 15 min | ||
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MSG LST Data Record DOI |
SEVIRI/ MSG |
Europe, Africa, South America |
3 km 0.05ox0.05o |
2004-2015 | 15 min | Access Here | |
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MSG-IODC LST Demonstration |
SEVIRI/ MSG |
Europe, Africa, Middle East |
3 km 0.05ox0.05o |
2017-NRT | 15 min | Access Here | |
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MSG Derived LST Operational |
SEVIRI/ MSG |
Europe, Africa, South America |
3 km 0.05ox0.05o |
2005-NRT | 10-daily | ||
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MSG-IODC Demonstration |
SEVIRI/ MSG |
Europe, Africa, Middle East |
3 km | 2017-NRT | 10-daily | ||
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MSG LST Operational |
SEVIRI/ MSG |
Europe, Africa, South America |
3 km 0.05ox0.05o |
2020-NRT | 30 min | ||
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EPS Daily LST Operational |
AVHRR/ Metop |
Global | 1 km 0.01ox0.01o |
2015-NRT | Day/night |
1the LST variable is consistent across products LSA-001 and LSA-004
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Land Surface Emissivity (EM) is an intrinsic property of all materials, which measures their efficiency in converting heat into radiation. It is a critical variable in the quantification of the surface energy budget and for the estimation of surface parameters from earth observation data. The LSE varies with surface composition, roughness and water content. It also depends on observation conditions, such as the sensed wavelength, spatial resolution and viewing angle.
Available Products:
The use of LSA SAF products in publications is kindly requested to be duly acknowledged:
[product] was provided by the EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility on Land Surface Analysis (LSA SAF; Trigo et al., 2011)
http://lsa-saf.eumetsat.int
Trigo, I. F., C. C. DaCamara, P. Viterbo, J.-L. Roujean, F. Olesen, C. Barroso, F. Camacho-de Coca, D. Carrer, S. C. Freitas, J. García-Haro, B. Geiger, F. Gellens-Meulenberghs, N. Ghilain, J. Meliá, L. Pessanha, N. Siljamo, and A. Arboleda, 2011: The Satellite Application Facility on Land Surface Analysis. Int. J. Remote Sens., 32, 2725-2744, doi: 10.1080/01431161003743199
Product specific citations:
Trigo, I.F., Peres, L.F., Dacamara, C.C., Freitas, S.C., 2008. Thermal land surface emissivity retrieved from SEVIRI/Meteosat. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens. 46, 307–315.
Masiello, G., Serio, C., De Feis, I., Amoroso, M., Venafra, S., Trigo, I.F., Watts, P., 2013. Kalman filter physical retrieval of surface emissivity and temperature from geostationary infrared radiances. Atmos. Meas. Tech. 6, 3613–3634. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-3613-2013
Available data formats:
Data Server information:
Register here to access the LSA-SAF Data Server
Product | Sensor/ Platform |
Spatial coverage |
Spatial resolution |
Temporal Coverage |
Temporal resolution |
Documentation | Data access | |
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MSG EM Demonstration |
SEVIRI/ MSG |
Europe, Africa, South America |
3 km 0.05ox0.05o |
2004-NRT | daily | Access Here |
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MSG-IODC EM Demonstration |
SEVIRI/ MSG |
Europe, Africa, Middle East |
3 km | 2017-NRT | daily | Access Here | |
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MSG EM Pre-operational |
SEVIRI/ MSG |
Europe, Africa, South America |
3 km 0.05ox0.05o |
2020-NRT | daily |
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