Land Surface Temperature: leveraging satellites for temperatures at global scale

Focusing on agriculture, LST data can be beneficial for vineyard monitoring for several reasons. Firstly, vine growth and grape production are directly influenced by temperature, and LST can provide insights into temperature variations across vineyards. LST data can help vineyard managers to monitor microclimates of vineyards, which can impact grape quality and yield. This information can help managers to optimise nutrient application, and other vineyard management practices.

Secondly, LST can also be used to identify potential stress factors affecting vine growth, such as water stress or disease. By monitoring LST changes over time, vineyard managers can detect anomalies in temperature patterns, which may indicate areas of the vineyard that require further attention.

Lastly, LST data can be used to assess the impact of weather events, such as heatwaves or frost, on vineyards. This information can be used to optimise harvest times and protect grape crops from potential damage.

Overall, the use of LST data for vineyard monitoring can help improve grape quality and yield, optimise vineyard management practices, and mitigate the impact of environmental stress factors on grape production. Copernicus LST data is an essential tool for studying the Earth’s surface temperature and its changes over time.

Saturnalia has ingested – and will continue to do so – all the Copernicus LST archive. This means that temperatures data at global scale are made available via API and iframe. An example of daily temperatures follows.