Operational surface UV radiation product from GOME-2 and AVHRR/3 data

The surface ultraviolet (UV) radiation product, version 1.20, generated operationally in the framework of the Satellite Application Facility on Ozone and Atmospheric Chemistry Monitoring (O3M SAF) of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) is desc...

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Main Authors: J. Kujanpää, N. Kalakoski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-10-01
Series:Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Online Access:http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/8/4399/2015/amt-8-4399-2015.pdf
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description The surface ultraviolet (UV) radiation product, version 1.20, generated operationally in the framework of the Satellite Application Facility on Ozone and Atmospheric Chemistry Monitoring (O3M SAF) of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) is described. The product is based on the total ozone column derived from the measurements of the second Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME-2) instrument aboard EUMETSAT's polar orbiting meteorological operational (Metop) satellites. Cloud cover is taken into account by retrieving cloud optical depth from the channel 1 reflectance of the third Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR/3) instrument aboard both Metop in the morning orbit and Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the afternoon orbit. In addition, more overpasses are used at high latitudes where the swaths of consecutive orbits overlap. The input satellite data are received from EUMETSAT's Multicast Distribution System (EUMETCast). The surface UV product includes daily maximum dose rates and integrated daily doses with different biological weighting functions, integrated ultraviolet B (UVB) and ultraviolet A (UVA) radiation, solar noon UV index and daily maximum photolysis frequencies of ozone and nitrogen dioxide at the surface level. The quantities are computed in a 0.5°×0.5° regular latitude–longitude grid and stored as daily files in the hierarchical data format (HDF5) within 2 weeks from sensing. The product files are archived in the O3M SAF distributed archive and can be ordered via the EUMETSAT Data Centre.
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spelling doaj.art-a09d8ea227dc48c5be1ff3a9600655952022-12-21T22:39:25ZengCopernicus PublicationsAtmospheric Measurement Techniques1867-13811867-85482015-10-018104399441410.5194/amt-8-4399-2015Operational surface UV radiation product from GOME-2 and AVHRR/3 dataJ. Kujanpää0N. Kalakoski1Finnish Meteorological Institute, Earth Observation Unit, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, FinlandFinnish Meteorological Institute, Earth Observation Unit, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, FinlandThe surface ultraviolet (UV) radiation product, version 1.20, generated operationally in the framework of the Satellite Application Facility on Ozone and Atmospheric Chemistry Monitoring (O3M SAF) of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) is described. The product is based on the total ozone column derived from the measurements of the second Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME-2) instrument aboard EUMETSAT's polar orbiting meteorological operational (Metop) satellites. Cloud cover is taken into account by retrieving cloud optical depth from the channel 1 reflectance of the third Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR/3) instrument aboard both Metop in the morning orbit and Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the afternoon orbit. In addition, more overpasses are used at high latitudes where the swaths of consecutive orbits overlap. The input satellite data are received from EUMETSAT's Multicast Distribution System (EUMETCast). The surface UV product includes daily maximum dose rates and integrated daily doses with different biological weighting functions, integrated ultraviolet B (UVB) and ultraviolet A (UVA) radiation, solar noon UV index and daily maximum photolysis frequencies of ozone and nitrogen dioxide at the surface level. The quantities are computed in a 0.5°×0.5° regular latitude–longitude grid and stored as daily files in the hierarchical data format (HDF5) within 2 weeks from sensing. The product files are archived in the O3M SAF distributed archive and can be ordered via the EUMETSAT Data Centre.http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/8/4399/2015/amt-8-4399-2015.pdf
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Operational surface UV radiation product from GOME-2 and AVHRR/3 data
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title Operational surface UV radiation product from GOME-2 and AVHRR/3 data
title_full Operational surface UV radiation product from GOME-2 and AVHRR/3 data
title_fullStr Operational surface UV radiation product from GOME-2 and AVHRR/3 data
title_full_unstemmed Operational surface UV radiation product from GOME-2 and AVHRR/3 data
title_short Operational surface UV radiation product from GOME-2 and AVHRR/3 data
title_sort operational surface uv radiation product from gome 2 and avhrr 3 data
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