LSTM PROJECT

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.

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