Table 3 Detailed information about the twelve in-situ measurement sites.

From: Global spatiotemporally continuous MODIS land surface temperature dataset

Site name

Latitude

Longitude

Elevation

Surface type at station

Bondville (BON)

40.051° N

88.373° W

213 m

Grassland

Fort Peck (FPK)

48.308° N

105.102° W

636 m

Grassland

Goodwin Creek (GWN)

34.255° N

89.873° W

96 m

Grassland

Table Mountain (TBL)

40.126° N

105.238° W

1692 m

Sparse grassland

Desert Rock (DRA)

36.623° N

116.020° W

1004 m

Arid shrubland

Penn State U. (PSU)

40.720° N

77.931° W

373 m

Cropland

Sioux Falls (SXF)

43.734° N

96.623° W

483 m

Grassland

Daman (DM)

38.855° N

100.372° E

1556 m

Cropland

Desert (DES)

42.113° N

100.987° E

1054 m

Desert

Sidaoqiao (SDQ)

42.001° N

101.137° E

873 m

Shrubland

Yakou (YK)

38.014° N

100.242° E

4148 m

Alpine meadow

Huailai (HL)

40.357° N

115.792° E

480 m

Cropland