High-Resolution Global Land Surface Temperature Retrieval via a Coupled Mechanism-Machine Learning Framework

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Autores principales: Xie, Tian, Shen, Huanfeng, Jiang, Menghui, Jiménez-Muñoz, Juan-Carlos, Sobrino, José A., Li, Huifang, Zeng, Chao
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author Xie, Tian
Shen, Huanfeng
Jiang, Menghui
Jiménez-Muñoz, Juan-Carlos
Sobrino, José A.
Li, Huifang
Zeng, Chao
author_facet Xie, Tian
Shen, Huanfeng
Jiang, Menghui
Jiménez-Muñoz, Juan-Carlos
Sobrino, José A.
Li, Huifang
Zeng, Chao
contents Land surface temperature (LST) is vital for land-atmosphere interactions and climate processes. Accurate LST retrieval remains challenging under heterogeneous land cover and extreme atmospheric conditions. Traditional split window (SW) algorithms show biases in humid environments; purely machine learning (ML) methods lack interpretability and generalize poorly with limited data. We propose a coupled mechanism model-ML (MM-ML) framework integrating physical constraints with data-driven learning for robust LST retrieval. Our approach fuses radiative transfer modeling with data components, uses MODTRAN simulations with global atmospheric profiles, and employs physics-constrained optimization. Validation against 4,450 observations from 29 global sites shows MM-ML achieves MAE=1.84K, RMSE=2.55K, and R-squared=0.966, outperforming conventional methods. Under extreme conditions, MM-ML reduces errors by over 50%. Sensitivity analysis indicates LST estimates are most sensitive to sensor radiance, then water vapor, and less to emissivity, with MM-ML showing superior stability. These results demonstrate the effectiveness of our coupled modeling strategy for retrieving geophysical parameters. The MM-ML framework combines physical interpretability with nonlinear modeling capacity, enabling reliable LST retrieval in complex environments and supporting climate monitoring and ecosystem studies.
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spellingShingle High-Resolution Global Land Surface Temperature Retrieval via a Coupled Mechanism-Machine Learning Framework
Xie, Tian
Shen, Huanfeng
Jiang, Menghui
Jiménez-Muñoz, Juan-Carlos
Sobrino, José A.
Li, Huifang
Zeng, Chao
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Land surface temperature (LST) is vital for land-atmosphere interactions and climate processes. Accurate LST retrieval remains challenging under heterogeneous land cover and extreme atmospheric conditions. Traditional split window (SW) algorithms show biases in humid environments; purely machine learning (ML) methods lack interpretability and generalize poorly with limited data. We propose a coupled mechanism model-ML (MM-ML) framework integrating physical constraints with data-driven learning for robust LST retrieval. Our approach fuses radiative transfer modeling with data components, uses MODTRAN simulations with global atmospheric profiles, and employs physics-constrained optimization. Validation against 4,450 observations from 29 global sites shows MM-ML achieves MAE=1.84K, RMSE=2.55K, and R-squared=0.966, outperforming conventional methods. Under extreme conditions, MM-ML reduces errors by over 50%. Sensitivity analysis indicates LST estimates are most sensitive to sensor radiance, then water vapor, and less to emissivity, with MM-ML showing superior stability. These results demonstrate the effectiveness of our coupled modeling strategy for retrieving geophysical parameters. The MM-ML framework combines physical interpretability with nonlinear modeling capacity, enabling reliable LST retrieval in complex environments and supporting climate monitoring and ecosystem studies.
title High-Resolution Global Land Surface Temperature Retrieval via a Coupled Mechanism-Machine Learning Framework
topic Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.04991