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Govaerts, Y.M., Lattanzio, A., Pinty, B. and Schmetz, J. (2004). Consistent surface albedo retrieval from two adjacent geostationary satellites. Geophysical Research Letters 31: doi: 10.1029/2004GL020418. issn: 0094-8276. |
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Monitoring and understanding climate changes of the Earth require the generation of long-term and consistent global data set from observations. In this context, geostationary satellite observations could play a significant role thanks to the long duration of the missions and the corresponding archives. In particular, their frequent acquisition cycle throughout the day can be used to document the surface anisotropy and therefore surface albedo. This paper investigates the possibility to generate a consistent surface albedo maps from two adjacent geostationary satellites, namely Meteosat-5 and -7. The analysis relies on the comparison of albedo values derived over the common observed area. These values agree favorably between the two spacecrafts. |
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Keywords
Exploration Geophysics, Data processing, Global Change, Climate dynamics, Global Change, Remote sensing, Global Change, General or miscellaneous, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Radiative processes |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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