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Surface Temperature Initiated Closure Model (STIC)

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This software package is a Python implementation of the Surface Temperature Initiated Closure (STIC) version 1.3 model designed to implement LST to solve the aerodynamic temperature, which is critical for ET modeling. The original STIC model produced by Kaniska Mallick (Mallick et al. 2015; 2018; 2022) was re-implemented from MATLAB code to Python by Gregory Halverson and Madeleine Pascolini-Campbell. It is intended for use by the Hyperspectral Thermal Emission Spectrometer (HyTES), MODIS/ASTER (MASTER) Airborne Simulator, Ecosystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) mission and as a precursor for the Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) mission.