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Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics

2013 year, number 8

Method for preliminary estimating of the accuracy of MODIS meteorological data for atmospheric correction of satellite IR measurements

M.V. Engel’1, S.V. Afonin1, V.V. Belov1,2
1V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, 1, Academician Zuev square, Tomsk, 634021, Russia
2National Research Tomsk State University, 36, Lenin Avenue, Tomsk, 634050,Russia
Keywords: satellite IR measurements, atmospheric correction, satellite meteorological data, estimation of accuracy of meteorological data

Abstract

Based on results of numerical simulation and processing of real satellite data, a method is proposed for automatically estimating the quality of MODIS meteorological data, used for atmospheric correction of satellite IR measurements of land surface temperature.