First results towards building up a reliable in situ measurements database for LST algorithm validations using modular WSN: Northern Morocco campaigns case study

This article presents a new method sensitivity ∼0.1°C for in situ LST measurements. The results of wide in situ LST campaigns carried out during 2009 in four distant and different sites located in northern Morocco are shown: 1 Kasr-Seghir, 2 Targha, 3 Tangier, and 4 Chefchaouen. For this purpose, we used two calibrated radiometers with thermal infrared bands, OSM101 and TESTO845. Finally, during these campaigns, a total of 28,531 measurements were made with the proposed wireless-LST Wi-LST system. The preliminary results show a wide variability of the measurements, which is in total accordance with the heterogeneity of the targets' nature. This is encouraging for we are interested in building up a reliable and consistent standard in situ LST measurements database for LST algorithm validations.