Operational derivation of surface albedo and downwelling shortwave radiation based on MSG observations in the frame of the SAF programme on land surface analysis

Author

Carrer, D. ; Geiger, B. ; Roujean, J.-L. ; Hautecoeur, O. ; Meurey, C.

Author_Institution

CNRM / GAME Meteo-France / CNRS, Toulouse

fYear

2007

fDate

23-28 July 2007

Firstpage

2897

Lastpage

2900

Abstract

In this contribution we give a short overview of the status of the surface albedo and down-welling short-wave radiation flux products which are developed by Meteo-France in the framework of the Satellite Application Facility on Land Surface Analysis (Land-SAF). Both products are based on the 0.6 mum, 0.8 mum, and 1.6 mum channels of the Meteosat/SEVIRI instrument and are calculated and distributed in near real time. The methodology is briefly described, product examples are shown, and first validation results are discussed.

Keywords

atmospheric optics; atmospheric radiation; atmospheric techniques; light reflection; light scattering; Land-SAF; MSG observation; Meteo-France; Meteosat-SEVIRI instrument; SAF programme; Satellite Application Facility on Land Surface Analysis; downwelling shortwave radiation derivation; downwelling shortwave radiation flux; surface albedo derivation; surface albedo flux; wavelength 0.6 mum; wavelength 0.8 mum; wavelength 1.6 mum; Clouds; Decision support systems; Instruments; Land surface; Meteorology; Ocean temperature; Satellites; Sea ice; Sea surface; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1211-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1212-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423449

Filename

4423449