Cross-calibration of Chinese Gaofen-5 thermal infrared images and its improvement on land surface temperature retrieval

Thermal infrared (TIR) remote sensing technology is capable of acquiring large-scale land surface temperature (LST), which is a key factor in the energy exchange between land surface and atmosphere.The visible and infrared multispectral sensor (VIMS) equipped in the Chinese Gaofen-5 (GF-5) satellite can obtain four channels of TIR images with a 40

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Detection of Mycoplasma columbinasale in Cases of Respiratory Disease in Domestic Pigeons (Columba livia var. domestica)

In 2017, respiratory disease and low mortality were reported in domestic flying pigeons (Columba livia var.domestica) trained as hunting live bait in a breeding farm in Umbria, Italy.Clinically, open beak breathing, dropped wings, and pharyngeal and laryngeal hyperaemia were observed.Three birds were submitted for necropsy.Gross pathological evalua

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