The Meteosat System

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...

The Meteosat System

Land-surface Emissivity Estimation in Meteosat-8/seviri Tir Bands Using Modis Data

The purpose of this work is to express emissivity in Meteosat-8/SEVIRI channels by means of linear combinations of LSE values in the thermal bands of MODIS sensor. Then, the developed linear models are applied to MODIS11C3 monthly CMG LST product in order to obtain LSE estimations for SEVIRI channels within Meteosat-8 disk. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Emissivity; Meteosat-8; MODIS. RESUMO. O objetivo deste...

Geometric Cloud Heights from Meteosat and Avhrr

Geometric cloud height estimation provides an alternative to cloud top temperature methods if two satellites view the same cloud. First we demonstrate the stereo cloud height derivation with a combination of Meteosat 7 and Meteosat 5 5 km resolution Infrared data. Comparison with the temperature technique shows consistency in the majority of the clouds, but some differences. This demonstrates t...

Meteosat Land Surface Temperature Climate Data Record: Achievable Accuracy and Potential Uncertainties

The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites’ (EUMETSAT) Meteosat satellites provide the unique opportunity to compile a 30+ year land surface temperature (LST) climate data record. Since the Meteosat instrument on-board Meteosat 2–7 is equipped with a single thermal channel, single-channel LST retrieval algorithms are used to ensure consistency across Meteosat sa...