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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2022-319
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2022-319
26 Sep 2022
 | 26 Sep 2022
Status: a revised version of this preprint was accepted for the journal ESSD and is expected to appear here in due course.

A GeoNEX-based high spatiotemporal resolution product of land surface downward shortwave radiation and photosynthetically active radiation

Ruohan Li, Dongdong Wang, Weile Wang, and Ramakrishna Nemani

Abstract. Surface downward shortwave radiation (DSR) and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) play critical roles in the Earth’s surface processes. As the main inputs of various ecological, hydrological, carbon, and solar photovoltaic models, increasing requirements for high spatiotemporal resolution DSR and PAR estimation with high accuracy have been observed in recent years. However, few existing products satisfy all of these requirements. This study employed a well-established physical-based look-up table (LUT) approach to the GeoNEX gridded top-of-atmosphere bidirectional reflectance factor data acquired by the Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) and Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) sensors. It produced a data product of DSR and PAR over both AHI and ABI coverage at an hourly temporal step with a 1 km spatial resolution. GeoNEX DSR data were validated over 63 stations, and GeoNEX PAR data were validated over 27 stations. The validation showed that the new GeoNEX DSR and PAR products have accuracy higher than other existing products, with root mean square error (RMSE) of hourly GeoNEX DSR achieving 74.3 W / m2 (18.0 %), daily DSR estimation achieving 18.0 W / m2 (9.2 %), hourly GeoNEX PAR achieving 34.9 W / m2 (19.6 %), and daily PAR achieving 9.5 W / m2 (10.5 %). The study also demonstrated the application of the high spatiotemporal resolution GeoNEX DSR product in investigating the spatial heterogeneity and temporal variability of surface solar radiation. The data product can be accessed through NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division GeoNEX data portal https://data.nas.nasa.gov/geonex/geonexdata/GOES16/GEONEX-L2/DSR-PAR/ and https://data.nas.nasa.gov/geonex/geonexdata/HIMAWARI8/GEONEX-L2/DSR-PAR/ (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7023863, Wang & Li, 2022).

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Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on essd-2022-319', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Oct 2022
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Dongdong Wang, 31 Dec 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on essd-2022-319', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Oct 2022
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Dongdong Wang, 31 Dec 2022
  • RC3: 'Comment on essd-2022-319', Anonymous Referee #3, 03 Dec 2022
    • AC3: 'Reply on RC3', Dongdong Wang, 31 Dec 2022

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on essd-2022-319', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Oct 2022
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Dongdong Wang, 31 Dec 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on essd-2022-319', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Oct 2022
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Dongdong Wang, 31 Dec 2022
  • RC3: 'Comment on essd-2022-319', Anonymous Referee #3, 03 Dec 2022
    • AC3: 'Reply on RC3', Dongdong Wang, 31 Dec 2022

Ruohan Li et al.

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A GeoNEX-based 1km hourly land surface downward shortwave radiation (DSR) and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) product Dongdong Wang, Ruohan Li https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7023863

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There has been increasing need for high spatiotemporal resolution surface downward shortwave radiation (DSR) and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) data for ecological, hydrological, carbon, and solar photovoltaic research. This study produced a new 1km hourly data product of DSR and PAR from the new-generation geostationary ABI and AHI data archived at the NASA GeoNEX platform. Our validation indicated that the GeoNEX DSR and PAR product has accuracy higher than other existing products.