This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 640276.
Remedy 1: Provision of validated land surface infrared emissivity atlases
There is a need to establish a comprehensive set of dynamic land surface infrared emissivity atlases. It is first required to perform an intercomparison of available emissivity models to ascertain their potential strengths and weaknesses and highlight where the greatest uncertainties exist. It is then necessary to coordinate airborne campaigns to validate land-emissivity models in the infrared-spectral region with a special focus on those domains where current models are most uncertain. The resulting improved infrared emissivity atlases should be made openly available in usable formats and broadly advertised. Peer-reviewed publications are likely to be required to build confidence in and raise awareness of these products.
There is a need to establish a comprehensive set of dynamic land surface infrared emissivity atlases. The resulting improved infrared emissivity atlases should be made openly available in usable formats and broadly advertised.
Publicly available, open-source, dynamic (daily) spectral emissivity atlases in the infrared (3-17 μm). Documented, quantitative evaluation of infrared land surface emissivity atlases and models with respect to measurements of land-surface emissivity obtained during airborne campaigns, for a globally representative range of 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