This Project is directly related to the topics identified in the “Plan Estatal de Investigación
Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020” (Annex III of the call), especially with RETO
5: “Cambio climático y utilización de recursos y materias primas”.
The activities carried out in this project, in particular the generation of accurate Land Surface
Temperature (LST) products at high-spatial resolution, will allow expanding scientific
knowledge on the impact of LST on climate change and, by obtaining parameters such as
evapotranspiration on sensitive areas such as agricultural areas. Advanced methodologies will
be generated for the massive processing of data and images and their subsequent analysis
associated with climate variability. With the study of effects such as the urban heat island or
the thermal stress index, closely related to obtaining the LST, the transversal nature of the
project will be addressed in areas such as the impact on public health.
At the international level of societal challenges, this project will support the Paris Agreement
mitigation and adaptation goals by advancing the state of the art of remotely sensed based
TIR information that will help to the development of new applications with potential implications
for stakeholders and decision makers. This is also closely related to the UN “2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development / Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)”, in particular “Goal 2: End
hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture” and
“Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts” by providing accurate
and consistent estimations of the LST and therefore reinforcing the accuracy and timeliness of
downstream agriculture products.