Abstract
It is shown that satellite imaging data of the earth can be used to map the downward solar radiation at the earth’s surface continuously and with spatial resolutions of better than 50 km. The achieved results agree with simultaneous ground truth data within error ranges of less than 5 to 8 percent.
In this paper are demonstrated the methodologies for data evaluation and result verification. The latter are obtained from the operational ISCCP data sets with reduced resolutions between 30 to 50 km per pixel, which in this case have been measured from the Japanese geostationary satellite GMS during June 1983. The East-Asian Continent can clearly be observed with this material. An outline is given to determine the surface albedo.
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Raschke, E., Rieland, M. (1987). The Solar Radiation at the Surface Over East Asia from Satellite Data. In: Liou, KN., Xiuji, Z. (eds) Atmospheric Radiation. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-935704-18-8_10
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