The document describes a study that aims to monitor and retrieve historical daily surface temperature data of sub-alpine lakes from satellite imagery over the past two decades. The study will leverage daily thermal imagery from multiple satellite sensors to develop daily homogenized lake surface water temperature time series for each lake. Statistical methods will be used to reconstruct temperature time series with gaps filled in. The reconstructed time series will then be analyzed to study long term warming trends and their links to climatic factors. Preliminary results show good agreement between reconstructed lake surface temperatures and in situ measurements.
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