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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-4901-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-4901-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Data description paper
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02 Nov 2023
Data description paper |
| 02 Nov 2023
| 02 Nov 2023
CLARA-A3: The third edition of the AVHRR-based CM SAF climate data record on clouds, radiation and surface albedo covering the period 1979 to 2023
Karl-Göran Karlsson
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Meteorological Research Unit, Research and Development Department, The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Folkborgsvägen 17, 602 10 Norrköping, Sweden
Martin Stengel
Satellite-Based Climate Monitoring, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Frankfurter Str. 135, 63067 Offenbach am Main, Germany
Jan Fokke Meirink
R&D Satellite Observations, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Utrechtseweg 297, 3731 GA De Bilt, the Netherlands
Aku Riihelä
Meteorological Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, 00101, Finland
Jörg Trentmann
Satellite-Based Climate Monitoring, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Frankfurter Str. 135, 63067 Offenbach am Main, Germany
Tom Akkermans
Remote Sensing from Space, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, 1180 Brussels, Belgium
Diana Stein
Satellite-Based Climate Monitoring, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Frankfurter Str. 135, 63067 Offenbach am Main, Germany
Abhay Devasthale
Meteorological Research Unit, Research and Development Department, The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Folkborgsvägen 17, 602 10 Norrköping, Sweden
Salomon Eliasson
Meteorological Research Unit, Research and Development Department, The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Folkborgsvägen 17, 602 10 Norrköping, Sweden
Erik Johansson
Meteorological Research Unit, Research and Development Department, The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Folkborgsvägen 17, 602 10 Norrköping, Sweden
Nina Håkansson
Meteorological Research Unit, Research and Development Department, The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Folkborgsvägen 17, 602 10 Norrköping, Sweden
Irina Solodovnik
Satellite-Based Climate Monitoring, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Frankfurter Str. 135, 63067 Offenbach am Main, Germany
Nikos Benas
R&D Satellite Observations, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Utrechtseweg 297, 3731 GA De Bilt, the Netherlands
Nicolas Clerbaux
Remote Sensing from Space, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, 1180 Brussels, Belgium
Nathalie Selbach
Satellite-Based Climate Monitoring, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Frankfurter Str. 135, 63067 Offenbach am Main, Germany
Marc Schröder
Satellite-Based Climate Monitoring, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Frankfurter Str. 135, 63067 Offenbach am Main, Germany
Rainer Hollmann
Satellite-Based Climate Monitoring, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Frankfurter Str. 135, 63067 Offenbach am Main, Germany
Data sets
CLARA-A3: The third edition of the AVHRR-based CM SAF climate data record on clouds, radiation and surface albedo covering the period 1979 to 2023 Karl-Göran Karlsson, Martin Stengel, Jan Fokke Meirink, Aku Riihelä, Jörg Trentmann, Tom Akkermans, Diana Stein, Abhay Devasthale, Salomon Eliasson, Erik Johansson, Nina Håkansson, Irina Solodovnik, Nikos Benas, Nicolas Clerbaux, Nathalie Selbach, Marc Schröder, and Rainer Hollmann https://doi.org/10.5676/EUM_SAF_CM/CLARA_AVHRR/V003
AVHRR Fundamental Data Record - Release 1 - Multimission EUMETSAT https://doi.org/10.15770/EUM_SEC_CLM_0060
Short summary
This paper presents a global climate data record on cloud parameters, radiation at the surface and at the top of atmosphere, and surface albedo. The temporal coverage is 1979–2020 (42 years) and the data record is also continuously updated until present time. Thus, more than four decades of climate parameters are provided. Based on CLARA-A3, studies on distribution of clouds and radiation parameters can be made and, especially, investigations of climate trends and evaluation of climate models.
This paper presents a global climate data record on cloud parameters, radiation at the surface...
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