This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 640276.
Remedy 1: The use of traceably calibrated radiometers in land surface measurement campaigns (both airborne and ground-based).
This remedy concerns the use of traceably calibrated radiometers in land surface measurement campaigns (both airborne and ground-based). Such campaigns can be used to validate both the (combined) emissivity and skin temperature estimates calculated from window-channels observations for temperature and humidity sounders, and emissivity models. Such campaigns would need to be undertaken across a sufficiently diverse set of land-surface types and meteorological seasons to provide representative results that enabled broad applicability. There is also a need for robust ground-truth activities in such campaigns to minimise the uncertainty.
It is proposed to use traceably calibrated radiometers in land surface measurements campaigns (both airborne and ground-based. Such campaigns can be used to validate both the (combined) emissivity and skin temperature estimates calculated from window-channels observations for temperature and humidity sounders, and emissivity models.
Documented, quantitative evaluation of land surface radiative transfer contributions with respect to measurements obtained during airborne campaigns for a globally representative range of land surfaces.
- Medium
- Consortium
- Less than 5 years
- Medium cost (< 5 million)
- No
- National funding agencies
- National Meteorological Services
- ESA, EUMETSAT or other space agency
- Academia, individual research institutes