An alternative cloud index for estimating downwelling surface solar irradiance from various satellite imagers in the framework of a Heliosat-V method

<p>We develop a new way of retrieving the cloud index from a large variety of satellite instruments sensitive to reflected solar radiation, embedded on geostationary and non-geostationary platforms. The cloud index is a widely used proxy for the effective cloud transmissivity, also called the...

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Main Authors: B. Tournadre, B. Gschwind, Y.-M. Saint-Drenan, X. Chen, R. Amaro E Silva, P. Blanc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2022-06-01
Series:Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Online Access:https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/15/3683/2022/amt-15-3683-2022.pdf