Articles | Volume 18, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-5345-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-5345-2014
Research article
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19 Dec 2014
Research article |  | 19 Dec 2014

Identification of catchment functional units by time series of thermal remote sensing images

B. Müller, M. Bernhardt, and K. Schulz

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Short summary
We present a method to define hydrological landscape units by a time series of thermal infrared satellite data. Land surface temperature is calculated for 28 images in 12 years for a catchment in Luxembourg. Pattern measures show spatio-temporal persistency; principle component analysis extracts relevant patterns. Functional units represent similar behaving entities based on a representative set of images. Resulting classification and patterns are discussed regarding potential applications.