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Table 1 Elements of LST equations and their explanations

From: Quantifying how urban landscape heterogeneity affects land surface temperature at multiple scales

Elements

Explanation

TB

Surface temperature

LST

Land surface temperature

TB10

The brightness temperature of band 10

TB11

The brightness temperature of band 11

ε

Mean band 10 and band 11

W

The atmospheric water vapor content

Δε

Difference in LSE

DN

Digital number

TB

The brightness temperature for both 10 and 11

TOA

Atmospheric spectral radiance