JPL Radiometer Validation Sites
The sites in the table below include permanent sites as well as some transitional sites.
|
Site No. |
Validation Site Latitude, Longitude |
Locality |
Site Elevation (m) |
Surface type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Temperature-based validation sites |
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1 |
Lake Tahoe 39.12488 N, 120.03927 W |
Lake Tahoe CA, USA |
1900 |
Water - Height (m): 2 |
|
2 |
Salton Sea 33.2253 N, 115.82425 W |
Riverside and Imperial CA Counties, USA |
-70 |
Water - Height (m): 2.7 |
|
3 |
UC Davis', Russell Ranch 38.55789 N, 120.03927 W |
Davis CA, USA |
28 |
Agricultural field - Height (m): 7 |
|
4 |
Réserve Naturelle des Coussouls de Crau, France 43.559167 N, 4.864420 E |
Saint Martin de Crau, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France |
21.3 |
Nature Preserve - Height (m): 16 |
|
5 |
Etang de Berre, France 43.442 N, 5.097 E |
Etang de Berre, France |
0 |
Water Body - Height (m): 3 |
|
6 |
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche) science platform at "Acqua Alta Oceanographic Tower 45.3142467 N, 12.5082483 E |
8 miles/12.87km off the shore of Venice, Italy |
10.0 |
Ocean Science Platform - Height (m): 8.85 |
|
7 |
Lake Constance 47.61 N, 09.44 E Lake Constance centered on ferry’s route |
Obersee, Switzerland |
395 |
Water |
|
8 |
Pinnacles 30.58382833 S,115.15474716 E Sand Dunes |
Western Australia |
37 |
Sand Dunes |
|
9 |
Lake Kasumigaura 36.0377 N,140.4040 E Water |
Japan |
0 |
Water |
|
10 |
Oklahoma Agriculture Station 35.56432 N, 98.06165 W Agriculture |
Oklahoma, USA |
419 |
Agriculture |
|
11 |
Railroad Valley site 38.49268 N, -115.68925 W Dry Lake Bed |
Nevada, USA |
1438 |
Agriculture |
|
12 |
Myall Vale A 30.54155 S, 150.02045 E Agriculture |
Eastern Australia |
235 |
Agriculture |
|
13 |
Lageren 47.4784 N, 8.36437 E Forest |
Switzerland |
719 |
Forest |
|
14 |
Santarem (temporary) 2.682703 S, 54.534960 W Forest |
Brazil |
76 |
Forest |
|
Emissivity and Radiance-based LST validation sites in North America and Namibia |
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1 |
Algodones Dunes 32.95 N, 115.07 W |
Southeast CA, Eastern margin of the Salton Trough |
94 |
Quartz sand |
|
2 |
Great Sands 37.77 N, 105.54 W |
San Luis Valley, CO, adjacent to Sangre de Cristo, NE of Alamosa |
2,560 |
Quartz, potassium feldspar sand |
|
3 |
Kelso Dunes 34.91 N, 115.73 W |
Mojave Desert, CA, southeast of Baker |
800 |
Quartz, potassium feldspar, magnetite sand |
|
4 |
Killpecker 41.98 N, 109.10 W |
Southwest WY, from Eden across Rock Springs into Red Desert |
2,000 |
Quartz, plagioclase feldspar, epidote, magnetite sand |
|
5 |
Little Sahara 39.7 N 112.39 W |
West-central UT, Sevier River drainage basin, west of Lynndyl |
1,560 |
Quartz, plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, carbonate, magnetite sand |
|
6 |
White Sands 32.89 N, 106.33 W |
South-central NM, Tularosa Valley |
1,216 |
Gypsum sand |
|
7 |
Gran Desierto 32.00 N, 114.45 W |
Sonoran desert, Northwest Mexico |
150 |
Quartz, feldspar sand |
|
8 |
Namib Desert 15.24 S, 24.47 E |
Western coast of Namibia, Africa |
0-500 |
Quartz, feldspar, magnetite sand |
|
9 |
Texas Grassland 36.30 N, 102.57 W |
Dallam County, Texas |
1,200 |
Grassland |
|
10 |
Redwood Forest 41.39 N, 123.67 W |
Northern California/Southern Oregon |
1,026 |
Conifer, Redwood trees |