Environmental Science
8 years ago

Satellite technology revolutionizes tracking heat fluxes over rice paddies.

Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE
<title>Regional distribution of sensible and latent heat fluxes over rice paddies using satellite infrared temperature and a heat-budget model</title>
Dai Matsushima

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The article examines how heat is distributed over rice fields using satellite images and weather data. By analyzing infrared images and other information, the researchers studied how heat moves through the air and ground during the day. They found that the temperature needed to calculate heat flow is different from what the satellite sees, even after adjusting for the atmosphere and surface properties.