Zhengming Wan Institute for Computational Earth Systems Science University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3060 T: (805) 893-4541 F: (805) 893-2578 wan@icess.ucsb.edu

Zhengming Wan was awarded a Ph.D. in Geography from University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) in 1985. He joined UCSB in 1989 and has been a member of the MODIS Science Team for the past 10 years. He was a Guest Computational Investigator of the NASA High Performance Computing and Communications Science Team from 1993 to 1997. He has published research materials directly relevant to the thermal infrared remote sensing, and has over 20 refereed publications.

MODIS data will be used for providing global daytime and nighttime land surface temperatures (LST) and emissivities averaged in seven MODIS TIR bands. Key research issues involve the development of MODIS LST algorithms through surface TIR modeling and accurate atmospheric radiative transfer simulations, assessment of its quality, and validation of the LST accuracy with ground-based and airborne measurement data.

• MOD11 - Land Surface Temperature (LST) and Emissivity

ATBD's

• Land-Surface Temperature

• August 1995 - Railroad Valley, Nevada
• April 1996 - Mammoth Lake area, California
• June 1996 - Railroad Valley, Nevada
• March 1997 - Death Valley, California
• June 1997 - Railroad Valley, Nevada
• March 1998 - Mammmoth Lake area, California

Send e-mail to wan@icess.ucsb.edu to request data.

• MODIS Home Page
• MODIS Land Discipline Group Home Page
• Institute for Computational Earth System Science (ICESS), University of California, Santa Barbara
• MODIS UCSB Emissivity Library