Retrieving high-resolution surface solar radiation with cloud parameters  derived by combining MODIS and MTSAT data

Tang, Wenjun; Qin, Jun; Yang, Kun; Liu, Shaomin; Lu, Ning; Niu, Xiaolei

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-2543-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-2543-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-2543-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 4

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02 Mar 2016

Research article |

| 02 Mar 2016

Retrieving high-resolution surface solar radiation with cloud parameters derived by combining MODIS and MTSAT data

Wenjun Tang, Jun Qin, Kun Yang, Shaomin Liu, Ning Lu, and Xiaolei Niu

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RC C11189: 'Reviews from Guanghui Huang', Guanghui Huang, 06 Jan 2016
- AC C12155: 'Response to comments by Dr. Guanghui Huang', Wenjun Tang, 01 Feb 2016
RC C11718: 'Commennts to "Retrieving high-resolution surface solar radiation with cloud parameters derived by combining MODIS and MTSAT data"', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Jan 2016
- AC C12156: 'Response to comments by Anonymous Referee #2', Wenjun Tang, 01 Feb 2016

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ED: Publish as is (18 Feb 2016) by Jianping Huang

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In this paper, we develop a new method to quickly retrieve high-resolution surface solar radiation (SSR) over China by combining MODIS and MTSAT data. The RMSEs of the retrieved SSR at hourly, daily, and monthly scales are about 98.5, 34.2, and 22.1 W m⁻². The accuracy is comparable to or even higher than other two satellite radiation products. Finally, we derive an 8-year high-resolution SSR data set (hourly, 5 km) from 2007 to 2014, which would contribute to studies of land surface processes.