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The main objective is to estimate maximum and minimum Ta (Ta-max and Ta-min) using both TERRA and AQUA MODIS LST products (daytime and nighttime) and auxiliary data, solving the discontinuity problem of ground measurements. There exist no studies about Vietnam that have integrated both TERRA and AQUA LST of daytime and nighttime for Ta estimation (using four MODIS LST datasets). In addition, to find out which variables are the most effective to describe the differences between LST and Ta, we have tested several popular methods, such as: the Pearson correlation coefficient, stepwise, Bayesian information criterion (BIC), adjusted R-squared and the principal component analysis (PCA) of 14 variables (including: LST products (four variables), NDVI, elevation, latitude, longitude, day length in hours, Julian day and four variables of the view zenith angle), and then, we applied nine models for Ta-max estimation and nine models for Ta-min estimation. The results showed that the differences between MODIS LST and ground truth temperature derived from 15 climate stations are time and regional topography dependent. The best results for Ta-max and Ta-min estimation were achieved when we combined both LST daytime and nighttime of TERRA and AQUA and data from the topography analysis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs8121002","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,12,8]],"date-time":"2016-12-08T10:39:01Z","timestamp":1481193541000},"page":"1002","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":61,"title":["Estimating Daily Maximum and Minimum Land Air Surface Temperature Using MODIS Land Surface Temperature Data and Ground Truth Data in Northern Vietnam"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2747-5028","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Phan","family":"Noi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Cartography, GIS and Remote Sensing Department, Institute of Geography, University of G\u00f6ttingen, Goldschmidt Street 5, G\u00f6ttingen 37077, Germany"},{"name":"Cartography and Geodesy Department, Land Management Faculty, Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3173-4870","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Martin","family":"Kappas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cartography, GIS and Remote Sensing Department, Institute of Geography, University of G\u00f6ttingen, Goldschmidt Street 5, G\u00f6ttingen 37077, Germany"}]},{"given":"Jan","family":"Degener","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cartography, GIS and Remote Sensing Department, Institute of Geography, University of G\u00f6ttingen, Goldschmidt Street 5, G\u00f6ttingen 37077, Germany"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,12,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2219","DOI":"10.5194\/hess-14-2219-2010","article-title":"Reference crop evapotranspiration derived from geo-stationary satellite imagery: A case study for the Fogera flood plain, NW-Ethiopia and the Jordan Valley, Jordan","volume":"14","author":"Trigo","year":"2010","journal-title":"Hydrol. 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