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This study analyses eight-day, quality-controlled, LST imagery over Western Australia (WA) for the three products for an urban and a non-urban area for the years 2013, 2016, and 2019. An analysis of the data indicates that (i) the averaged daytime LST difference between the three products for Perth city over the three years was 1.32 \u00b0C, while at night it was 0.89 \u00b0C; (ii) the averaged daytime difference over the Kimberley region was 7.02 \u00b0C with a night average difference of 2.39 \u00b0C; and (iii) both the MYD21A2 and VNP21A2 products still appear to record anomalous monthly LST values, particularly in the humid Kimberley monsoonal months. The overall objective of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is to ensure that the LST values of the two satellite system products are comparable, so evidence of LST value differences will require further investigation, especially if the older product is to be replaced by the newer systems.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14102296","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,10]],"date-time":"2022-05-10T21:52:11Z","timestamp":1652219531000},"page":"2296","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Comparing Coarse-Resolution Land Surface Temperature Products over Western Australia"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7498-3906","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dirk","family":"Botje","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Kent St, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5594-5464","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ashraf","family":"Dewan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Kent St, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1338-3525","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"TC","family":"Chakraborty","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA"},{"name":"Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"294","DOI":"10.1016\/j.rse.2013.03.008","article-title":"MODIS detected surface urban heat islands and sinks: Global locations and controls","volume":"134","author":"Clinton","year":"2013","journal-title":"Remote Sens. 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