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Articles | Volume 15, issue 4
Articles | Volume 15, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-879-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-879-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 4
Research article
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21 Feb 2022
Research article |  | 21 Feb 2022

Cloud-probability-based estimation of black-sky surface albedo from AVHRR data

Terhikki Manninen, Emmihenna Jääskeläinen, Niilo Siljamo, Aku Riihelä, and Karl-Göran Karlsson

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A new method for cloud-correcting observations of surface albedo is presented for AVHRR data. Instead of a binary cloud mask, it applies cloud probability values smaller than 20% of the A3 edition of the CLARA (CM SAF cLoud, Albedo and surface Radiation dataset from AVHRR data) record provided by the Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring (CM SAF) project of EUMETSAT. According to simulations, the 90% quantile was 1.1% for the absolute albedo error and 2.2% for the relative error.
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