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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-5243-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-5243-2024
Data description paper
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14 Nov 2024
Data description paper |  | 14 Nov 2024

SARAH-3 – satellite-based climate data records of surface solar radiation

Uwe Pfeifroth, Jaqueline Drücke, Steffen Kothe, Jörg Trentmann, Marc Schröder, and Rainer Hollmann

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The energy reaching Earth's surface from the Sun is a quantity of great importance for the climate system and for many applications. SARAH-3 is a satellite-based climate data record of surface solar radiation parameters. It is generated and distributed by the EUMETSAT Climate Monitoring Satellite Application Facility (CM SAF). SARAH-3 covers more than 4 decades and provides a high spatial and temporal resolution, and its validation shows good accuracy and stability.
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