Retrieval error estimation of surface albedo derived from geostationary large band satellite observations: Application to Meteosat-2 and Meteosat-7 data

Towards Multidecadal Consistent Meteosat Surface Albedo Time Series

Monitoring of land surface albedo dynamics is important for the understanding of observed climate trends. Recently developed multidecadal surface albedo data products, derived from a series of geostationary satellite data, provide the opportunity to study long term surface albedo dynamics at the regional to global scale. Reliable estimates of temporal trends in surface albedo require carefully ...

Meteosat Second Generation Data for Assessment of Surface Moisture Status

Two approaches for estimation of remotely sensed land surface temperature, Ts, based on MSG-SEVIRI data have been tested in a semi-arid environment in West Africa. A local algorithm, based on in situ measured Ts and a regional algorithm, based on MODIS LST products. They are both based on the split-window technique and show encouraging results, however applications are limited to the region for...

Simulating Meteosat-7 broadband radiances using two visible channels of Meteosat-8

This paper addresses the conversion of narrow-to-broadband radiances in the special case of the sensor SEVIRI onboard the satellite Meteosat-8 of the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG). The advent of this new program poses the problem of the transfer of operational procedures from the previous satellite Meteosat-7 to MSG. Among these operational procedures are several different implementations of...

A clear-sky radiance archive from Meteosat ”water vapor” observations

Estimating Land Surface Albedo from Satellite Data

Title: ESTIMATING LAND SURFACE ALBEDO FROM SATELLITE DATA Tao He, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012 Directed by: Dr. Shunlin Liang, Professor Department of Geographical Sciences Land surface albedo, defined as the ratio of the surface reflected incoming and outgoing solar radiation, is one of the key geophysical variables controlling the surface radiation budget. Surface shortwave albedo is widely use...