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Validation of a Meteosat Second Generation solar radiation dataset over the northeastern Iberian Peninsula |
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J. Cristóbal, M. C. Anderson |
Medientyp |
Artikel
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Sprache |
Englisch
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1027-5606
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In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences ; 17, no. 1 ; Nr. 17, no. 1 (2013-01-17), S.163-175 |
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250017682
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Publikation (Nr.) |
copernicus.org/hess-17-163-2013.pdf |
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Zusammenfassung |
Solar radiation plays a key role in the Earth's energy balance and is used
as an essential input data in radiation-based evapotranspiration (ET)
models. Accurate gridded solar radiation data at high spatial and temporal
resolution are needed to retrieve ET over large domains. In this work we
present an evaluation at hourly, daily and monthly time steps and regional
scale (Catalonia, NE Iberian Peninsula) of a satellite-based solar radiation
product developed by the Land Surface Analysis Satellite Application
Facility (LSA SAF) using data from the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG)
Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI). Product performance
and accuracy were evaluated for datasets segmented into two terrain classes
(flat and hilly areas) and two atmospheric conditions (clear and cloudy
sky), as well as for the full dataset as a whole. Evaluation against
measurements made with ground-based pyranometers yielded good results in
flat areas with an averaged model RMSE of 65 W m−2 (19%), 34 W m−2 (9.7%) and
21 W m−2 (5.6%), for hourly, daily and
monthly-averaged solar radiation and including clear and cloudy sky
conditions and snow or ice cover. Hilly areas yielded intermediate results
with an averaged model RMSE (root mean square error) of 89 W m−2 (27%), 48 W m−2 (14.5%) and 32 W m−2 (9.3%), for hourly, daily and monthly
time steps, suggesting the need of further improvements (e.g., terrain
corrections) required for retrieving localized variability in solar
radiation in these areas. According to the literature, the LSA SAF solar
radiation product appears to have sufficient accuracy to serve as a useful and
operative input to evaporative flux retrieval models. |
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