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Areas of Anomalous Surface Temperature in Dolores County, Colorado, as Identified from ASTER Thermal Data

Published by Flint Geothermal, LLC | Department of Energy | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2021-08-23T20:18:11Z
This layer contains areas of anomalous surface temperature in Dolores County identified from ASTER thermal data and spatial based insolation model. The temperature is calculated using the Emissivity Normalization Algorithm that separate temperature from emissivity. The incoming solar radiation was calculated using spatial based insolation model developed by Fu and Rich (1999). Then the temperature due to solar radiation was calculated using emissivity derived from ASTER data. The residual temperature, i.e. temperature due to solar radiation subtracted from ASTER temperature was used to identify thermally anomalous areas. Areas that had temperature greater than 2o were considered ASTER modeled very warm surface exposures (thermal anomalies). Note: 'o' is used in this description to represent lowercase sigma

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