Advances in Science and Research (Apr 2009)

Operational generation of AVHRR-based cloud products for Europe and the Arctic at EUMETSAT's Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring (CM-SAF)

  • F. Kaspar,
  • R. Hollmann,
  • M. Lockhoff,
  • K.-G. Karlsson,
  • A. Dybbroe,
  • P. Fuchs,
  • N. Selbach,
  • D. Stein,
  • J. Schulz

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3
pp. 45 – 51

Abstract

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The Satelite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring has implemented a new processing environment for AVHRR-based climate monitoring products. AVHRR measurements from NOAA-17, NOAA-18 and MetOp-A are utilized to generate daily and monthly means of several cloud parameters for Europe and the Inner Arctic: Cloud fraction, cloud types, cloud phase, cloud top height, cloud optical thickness and cloud liquid water path.