Near-surface air temperature dataset for the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (2019) derived from thermal infrared remote sensing and elevation-constrained modeling

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This dataset provides high-resolution (30 m) spatialized near-surface air temperature products for the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, updated using thermal infrared remote sensing data from Landsat 8 (L8) and Landsat 9 (L9) Collection 2 (C2) Level 2 (L2) products, combined with elevation-corrected regression modeling. The dataset includes corrected temperature files (adjusted via machine learning-based elevation corrections) for model development. The elevation corrections were performed using Topographic Data of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (2021), integrated via Gaussian filtering to enhance spatial consistency in high-elevation regions. Supervised learning regression models (Random Forest Regression, Multilayer Perceptron regression, or Decision Tree regression) were applied to minimize Thermal Infrared Radiation-derived temperature biases and optimize high-altitude temperature estimation. The near-surface temperature lapse rate (LR) is a critical parameter in glaciological and hydrological models, but existing approaches often rely on empirical estimations with limited spatial representativeness. To mitigate these limitations, an optimized temperature spatialization method is proposed, fusing Local Representatives (LRs) across glacierized regions through Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW). This approach accounts for elevation-dependent microclimates while maintaining regional consistency. This dataset is suitable for climate research, and environmental modeling requiring high-resolution near-surface air temperature data.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.26050/WDCC/QTPTIR
Metadata Access https://dmoai.cloud.dkrz.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=iso19115&identifier=oai:wdcc.dkrz.de:iso_5311409
Provenance
Creator Dr. Tianyun Wang; Prof. Dr. Lu Yang; Dr. Deyuan Zhang; Juncheng Zhou; Tao Zhou; Haolin Song
Publisher World Data Center for Climate (WDCC)
Publication Year 2025
Funding Reference info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SUT//LJ200080773/CN//Intelligent Urban Rainwater Collection Module System Application
Rights CC-BY-4.0: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact https://www.sut.edu.cn; not filled
Representation
Language English
Resource Type collection ; collection
Format NetCDF
Size 10759 MB
Version 1
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (80.210W, 29.180S, 98.150E, 39.520N)
Temporal Coverage Begin 2019-01-02T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2019-10-17T00:00:00Z