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Ta can be measured by obtaining the land surface temperature (LST) which can be retrieved with the 11- and 12-\u00b5m bands from satellite imagery over a large area, and LST is highly correlated with Ta. To measure the Ta in a broad area, we studied a Ta retrieval method through Deep Neural Network (DNN) using in-situ data and satellite data of South Korea from 2014 to 2017. To retrieve accurate Ta, we selected proper input variables and conditions of a DNN model. As a result, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Water Index, and 11- and 12-\u00b5m band data were applied to the DNN model as input variables. And we also selected proper condition of the DNN model with test various conditions of the model. In validation result in the DNN model, the best accuracy of the retrieved Ta showed an correlation coefficient value of 0.98 and a root mean square error (RMSE) of 2.19 K. And then we additional 3 analysis to validate accuracy which are spatial representativeness, seasonal analysis and time series analysis. We tested the spatial representativeness of the retrieved Ta. Results for window sizes less than 132 \u00d7 132 showed high accuracy, with a correlation coefficient of over 0.97 and a RMSE of 1.96 K and a bias of \u22120.00856 K. And in seasonal analysis, the spring season showed the lowest accuracy, 2.82 K RMSE value, other seasons showed high accuracy under 2K RMSE value. We also analyzed a time series of six the Automated Synoptic Observing System (ASOS) points (i.e., locations) using data obtained from 2018 to 2019; all of the individual correlation coefficient values were over 0.97 and the RMSE values were under 2.41 K. With these analysis, we confirm accuracy of the DNN model was higher than previous studies. And we thought the retrieved Ta can be used in other studies or climate model to conduct urban problems like urban heat islands and to analyze effects of arctic oscillation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13214334","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,28]],"date-time":"2021-10-28T23:52:35Z","timestamp":1635465155000},"page":"4334","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Near-Surface Air Temperature Retrieval Using a Deep Neural Network from Satellite Observations over South Korea"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3469-6563","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sungwon","family":"Choi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Earth Environmental System Science, Major of Spatial Information System Engineering, Pukyong National University, 45, Yongso-ro, Nam-gu, Busan 48513, Korea"}]},{"given":"Donghyun","family":"Jin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Earth Environmental System Science, Major of Spatial Information System Engineering, Pukyong National University, 45, Yongso-ro, Nam-gu, Busan 48513, Korea"}]},{"given":"Noh-Hun","family":"Seong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Earth Environmental System Science, Major of Spatial Information System Engineering, Pukyong National University, 45, Yongso-ro, Nam-gu, Busan 48513, Korea"}]},{"given":"Daeseong","family":"Jung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Earth Environmental System Science, Major of Spatial Information System Engineering, Pukyong National University, 45, Yongso-ro, Nam-gu, Busan 48513, Korea"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4164-1165","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Suyoung","family":"Sim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Earth Environmental System Science, Major of Spatial Information System Engineering, Pukyong National University, 45, Yongso-ro, Nam-gu, Busan 48513, Korea"}]},{"given":"Jongho","family":"Woo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Earth Environmental System Science, Major of Spatial Information System Engineering, Pukyong National University, 45, Yongso-ro, Nam-gu, Busan 48513, Korea"}]},{"given":"Uujin","family":"Jeon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Earth Environmental System Science, Major of Spatial Information System Engineering, Pukyong National University, 45, Yongso-ro, Nam-gu, Busan 48513, Korea"}]},{"given":"Yugyeong","family":"Byeon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Earth Environmental System Science, Major of Spatial Information System Engineering, Pukyong National University, 45, Yongso-ro, Nam-gu, Busan 48513, Korea"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5031-0256","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kyung-soo","family":"Han","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Earth Environmental System Science, Major of Spatial Information System Engineering, Pukyong National University, 45, Yongso-ro, Nam-gu, Busan 48513, Korea"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"161","DOI":"10.1016\/S0168-1923(98)00076-8","article-title":"Measured and predicted air temperatures at basin to regional scales in the southern Appalachian Mountains","volume":"91","author":"Bolstad","year":"1998","journal-title":"Agric. 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