Air Temperature (Near Surface)
Measurement Instruments
Measurement Definition: Air temperature at a known height above the surface with the height specified in the metadata - Measuring Units K, Uncertainty Units K
Thematic Links
| Instrument | Status/
Accuracy | Instrument Description | Measurement Technology | Timeline |
| IRAS | Operational | Atmospheric sounding for weather forecasting. | n/a |  |
| CWFMS | Being developed | Measurements are: Fire Radiative Power (FRP), hotspot locations, rate of spread, burned area mapping. Data products generated: 1) Fire maps, showing location, extent, and timing of forest fire events; 2) Fire characteristics, such as fire line intensity, rate of spread and fuel consumption; 3) Plume dynamics through smoke transport maps and plume heights; 4) Mass of carbon released into atmosphere. | n/a | |