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Summary

Since 1985, the German Meteorological Service DWD (Deutscher Wetterdienst) has
been extracting the global radiation from METEOSAT visible data based on a
method which was developed by Moeser and Raschke (1984). The method combines
results from radiative transfer calculations with cloud information from
METEOSAT-VIS data. The area of investigation is Central ... Europe.

The global radiation is one component of the radiation balance at the surface.
The radiation balance is an important climate parameter, because it describes
part of the ernergy fluxes between the surface and the atmosphere. Information
on the global radiation is also needed for agricultural applications and for
solar energy research.

Product pricing depends on scientific or commercial use.

General information about the DWD is provided on Web .

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: 55.0

S: 46.0

E: 16.0

W: 2.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1985-04-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > EUROPE > CENTRAL EUROPE CONTINENT > EUROPE > Central Europe GEOGRAPHIC REGION > MID-LATITUDE

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SOLAR IRRADIANCE ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SOLAR RADIATION

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

METEOSAT-2 METEOSAT-3 METEOSAT-4 > Meteosat Operational Programme 1 (MOP-1) METEOSAT-5 > Meteosat Operational Programme 2 (MOP-2)

Instrument

RADIOMETERS VISSR > Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer

Ancillary Keywords

AGRICULTURE CLIMATE PARAMETER ENERGY FLUX GLOBAL RADIATION IDN_NODE ESRIN/DLR METEOROLOGY RADIATION BALANCE SOLAR ENERGY

Originating Center

DWD

Data Center

Deutscher Wetterdienst (German Meteorological Service), Germany Data Center URL: http://www.dwd.de/ Data Center Personnel Name: DR. ANNEGRET GRATZKI Fax: +49-69-8062-3759 Email: annegret.gratzki at dwd.de Contact Address: Deutscher Wetterdienst Postfach 100465 City: Offenbach Postal Code: D-63004 Country: GERMANY

Personnel

DR. ANNEGRET GRATZKI Role: DIF AUTHOR Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Fax: +49-69-8062-3759 Email: annegret.gratzki at dwd.de Contact Address: Deutscher Wetterdienst Postfach 100465 City: Offenbach Postal Code: D-63004 Country: GERMANY

Publications/References

A. Gratzki, W. Benesch, 1994: Modifications in the operational extraction of the
solar irradiance at ground level from METEOSAT data.
Proceedings of the 10th METEOSAT Scientific Users' Conference. Cascais,
Portugal, 5th-9th September 1994. EUM P 15, EUMETSAT.

W. Moeser, E. Raschke, 1984: Incident solar radiation over Europe estimated from
METEOSAT data. J. Climate Appl. Meteor., 23, pp 166-170.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 1996-04-02

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