CONSTRUCTION OF A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT DATABASE FROM SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING DATA - ESTIMATION OF AIR TEMPERATURE ON KYUSHU ISLAND, SOUTHERN JAPAN, FROM LANDSAT TM DATA AND GROUND STATION METEOROLOGICAL DATA

摘要

The construction of an environmental database will become more important than ever for sustainable development of the global environment. For this purpose, the earth's surface temperature (Ts) was calculated using satellite (Landsat TM) data. Air temperature distribution was estimated by application of a Ts-air model to the Ts datafile. The development of cold air lakes in several areas such as the Mt. Aso, Unzen and Kirishima volcanos and some characteristics of air temperature distribution on Kyushu Island were examined.