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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ESSDD</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Earth System Science Data Discussions</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ESSDD</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">1866-3591</issn>
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<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/essd-2026-74</article-id>
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<article-title>Generation of angular-normalized, cloud-filled, 0.01&amp;deg;-downscaled land surface temperature from 2018 to 2023 based on official FY-4A dataset</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Na</surname>
<given-names>﻿Qiang</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Cao</surname>
<given-names>Biao</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Qin</surname>
<given-names>Boxiong</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Hu</surname>
<given-names>Tian</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7280-1921</ext-link>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Li</surname>
<given-names>Hua</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Dong</surname>
<given-names>Lixin</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Zhang</surname>
<given-names>Huanyu</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2382-7316</ext-link>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Zhan</surname>
<given-names>Wenfeng</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2383-1670</ext-link>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Liu</surname>
<given-names>Qinhuo</given-names>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>National Engineering Research Center for Satellite Remote Sensing Applications, Aerospace Information Research Institute,   Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China</addr-line>
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<addr-line>State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Aerospace Information Research Institute of Chinese Academy  of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China</addr-line>
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<addr-line>State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Disaster Risk Reduction, the Advanced Interdisciplinary Institute of  Satellite Applications, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China</addr-line>
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<addr-line>Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany &amp; Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of  Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China</addr-line>
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<addr-line>Department of Environment Research and Innovation, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Belvaux 4362,  Luxembourg</addr-line>
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<addr-line>Key Laboratory of Radiometric Calibration and Validation for Environmental Satellites, National Satellite Meteorological  Center (National Center for Space Weather), China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, China</addr-line>
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<addr-line>State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environment Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural  Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China</addr-line>
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<label>9</label>
<addr-line>Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science and Technology, International Institute for Earth  System Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>16</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>43</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 ﻿Qiang Na et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<p>Land surface temperature (LST) is an essential climate variable in geophysical, ecological, and environmental researches. Remote sensing provides a unique observation approach for obtaining large-scale LST products. However, current official LST datasets (such as FY-4A) are limited by the unaddressed thermal radiation directionality effect, and suffer the spatial discontinuities due to the pervasive presence of clouds. What&amp;rsquo;s more, the geostationary LST products have relatively coarser resolution than those of polar-orbiting satellites due to trade-off between spatial and temporal resolutions. Based on the official hourly FY-4A LST dataset, this study proposes a novel framework for generating angular-normalized, cloud-filled, and 0.01&amp;deg;-downscaled LST (ANCFDS-LST) product, encompassing directional (&lt;em&gt;T&lt;sub&gt;dir&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/em&gt;), nadir (&lt;em&gt;T&lt;sub&gt;nadir&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/em&gt;), and hemispherical (&lt;em&gt;T&lt;sub&gt;hemi&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/em&gt;) LST layers. First, the angular-normalized &lt;em&gt;T&lt;sub&gt;nadir&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;T&lt;sub&gt;hemi&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/em&gt; were generated using a time-evolving kernel driven model (TEKDM) with the inputs of multi-temporal FY-4A &lt;em&gt;T&lt;sub&gt;dir&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. Subsequently, hypothetical clear-sky LST were predicted using a CatBoost model optimized via Bayesian methods. The cloudy-sky LST values were then derived through a cloud radiation force (CRF) correction. Finally, the 0.05&amp;deg; all-weather &lt;em&gt;T&lt;sub&gt;dir&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;T&lt;sub&gt;nadir&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;T&lt;sub&gt;hemi&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/em&gt; values were downscaled to 0.01&amp;deg; resolution using an improved hybrid downscaling algorithm (IHDA) combining fusion and kernel-based methods. Taking the daytime clear-sky near-nadir VNP21A1 LST as reference, the 0.05&amp;deg; &lt;em&gt;T&lt;sub&gt;dir&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/em&gt; before angular-normalization has a root mean squared difference (RMSD) of 6.21 K and a mean bias difference (MBD) of -4.04 K, whereas the angularly normalized &lt;em&gt;T&lt;sub&gt;nadir&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/em&gt; has a much smaller RMSD of 3.48 K and a better MBD of -2.13 K. For the all-weather &lt;em&gt;T&lt;sub&gt;hemi&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, temperature-based validation over 15 sites in the Heihe River Basin and the Tibetan Plateau shows a root mean squared error (RMSE) and mean bias error (MBE) of 2.99 K and -0.77 K under clear-sky conditions, 4.56 K and -1.56 K under cloudy-sky conditions. After the spatial downscaling, the 0.01&amp;deg; all-weather &lt;em&gt;T&lt;sub&gt;hemi&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/em&gt; with abundant texture details exhibits an RMSE (MBE) of 3.99 K (-1.32 K) over 15 sites. The generated LST products from 2018 to 2023 over the FY-4A disk exhibit enhanced angular consistency, spatial continuity, and finer resolution, offering valuable support for subsequent LST-related applications. The ANCFDS-LST data is freely available at &lt;a href=&quot;https://doi.org/10.11888/RemoteSen.tpdc.303249&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;https://doi.org/10.11888/RemoteSen.tpdc.303249&lt;/a&gt; (last access: 30 January 2026; Na et al., 2026).</p>
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<funding-source>National Natural Science Foundation of China</funding-source>
<award-id>42422107</award-id>
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