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

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

doi:doi:10.5194/asr-3-45-2009

Adv. Sci. Res., 3, 45-51, 2009
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Operational generation of AVHRR-based cloud products for Europe and the Arctic at EUMETSAT's Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring (CM-SAF)

F. Kaspar¹, R. Hollmann¹, M. Lockhoff¹, K.-G. Karlsson², A. Dybbroe², P. Fuchs¹, N. Selbach¹, D. Stein¹, and J. Schulz¹
¹Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany
²Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Norrköping, Sweden

Abstract. 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.

Citation: Kaspar, F., Hollmann, R., Lockhoff, M., Karlsson, K.-G., Dybbroe, A., Fuchs, P., Selbach, N., Stein, D., and Schulz, J.: Operational generation of AVHRR-based cloud products for Europe and the Arctic at EUMETSAT's Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring (CM-SAF), Adv. Sci. Res., 3, 45-51, doi:10.5194/asr-3-45-2009, 2009.

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