Operational Snowcover Mapping using MSG/SEVIRI Data

EUMETSAT's Land Surface Analysis Satellite Applications Facility (LSA SAF) has been producing daily snow cover product for two years with a baseline algorithm for the land areas covered by EUMETSAT's MSG satellite's SEVIRI instrument. This paper presents a new improved version of the...

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Main Authors: Siljamo, N., Hyvarinen, O., Koskinen, J.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Azimuth
Clouds
Instruments
Land surface
Meteorology
Optical scattering
Optical sensors
remote sensing
Satellites
Snow
Sun
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Summary:EUMETSAT's Land Surface Analysis Satellite Applications Facility (LSA SAF) has been producing daily snow cover product for two years with a baseline algorithm for the land areas covered by EUMETSAT's MSG satellite's SEVIRI instrument. This paper presents a new improved version of the algorithm which is currently used for operational snow cover product generation in the LSA SAF. Some examples of the product are presented and the product is compared to NOAA/NESDIS IMS snow cover product and the previous version of the LSA SAF snow cover product.
ISSN:2153-6996
2153-7003
DOI:10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4780023