ELITE SLWR: global 1km 5-min SLDR at SIN Grid-Aqua (2003_001-016)

The Essential thermal Infrared remoTe sEnsing (ELITE) product suite currently has four types of products, including land surface temperature (LST: clear-sky and all-sky), emissivity (NBE: narrowband emissivity; BBE: broadband emissivity; and spectral emissivity), the component of surface radiation and energy budget (SLUR: surface longwave upwelling radiation; SLDR: surface longwave downward radiation SLDR; SLNR: surface longwave net radiation), and the component of Earth’s radiation budget (OLR; outgoing longwave radiation; RSR: reflected solar radiation). The spatial-temporal resolutions of the ELITE products are mainly determined by the employed satellite data sources. For more information about ELITE products, please refer to the website (https://elite.bnu.edu.cn).

This dataset is ELITE surface longwave downward radiation (SLDR) product at 1km spatial resolution and 5-min temporal resolution. It is provided on a Sinusoidal grid and ranges from 2000 to 2022 (continuously updated). This dataset was generated from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) data, ELITE emissivity product and MERRA2 reanalysis data using the algorithms developed by Cheng et al. (2016), Cheng et al. (2017) and Yang and Cheng. (2020).

This is the ELITE SLDR product in 2003 (DOY: 001-016). Please click here to download the ELITE SLDR product in 2003 (DOY: 017-031).

Dataset Characteristics:

• Spatial Coverage: Global
• Temporal Coverage: 2003-01-01 ~ 2003-01-16
• Spatial Resolution: 1 km
• Temporal Resolution: 5-min
• Data Format: h5
• Projection: Sinusoidal
• Scale: 0.05
• Offset: -1000

Citation (Please cite these papers when using the data):

1. Cheng, J., & Liang, S. (2016). Global estimates for high spatial resolution clear-sky land surface upwelling longwave radiation from MODIS data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54, 4115-4129
2. Cheng, J., Liang, S., Wang, W., & Guo, Y. (2017). An efficient hybrid method for estimating clear-sky surface downward longwave radiation from MODIS data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122, 2616-2630
3. Yang, F., & Cheng, J. (2020). A framework for estimating cloudy sky surface downward longwave radiation from the derived active and passive cloud property parameters. Remote Sensing of Environment, 248, 111972