Yilmaz, MericCivil Engineering2024-07-052024-07-05202320944-13441614-749910.1007/s11356-023-28983-y2-s2.0-85166302305https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-28983-yhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/2139Yilmaz, Meric/0000-0001-6921-7687In this study, the trend of widely used MODIS MxD11 and MxD21 Land Surface Temperature (LST) and ERA5-Land Skin Temperature (SKT) and 2 m air temperature products were validated using 2 m air temperature trends obtained by ground observations from 266 stations in 2000-2021 over Turkey, known to have complex topography. The results show that colder regions have substantially higher temporal temperature variability than warmer ones. MxD21 and MxD11 products are 4.4 & DEG;C and 2.9 & DEG;C warmer than ERA5-Land products, respectively, while ERA5-Land products (SKT and 2 m) have nearly similar averages (12.5 & DEG;C). The consistency between MODIS and ERA5-Land data is significantly lower over areas with more complex topography and irrigation activities, despite the fact that the products show a high linear relationship over the study area. While February trends are consistently much higher than other months (2.2 and 1.4 & DEG;C/decade for MODIS and ERA5-Land, respectively), overall MODIS skin temperature products (0.7 & DEG;C/decade) generally exhibit smaller trends than ERA5-Land skin and air temperature trends (0.94 & DEG;C/decade). The results suggested that MODIS and ERA5-Land trends, which are highly consistent with observations, might replace observations in the absence of long-term station-based records.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessSurface temperatureWarming trendMxD11MxD21ERA5-LandArticleQ130419441494435WOS:00104186200001137531063