Evaluation of Five Satellite Top-of-Atmosphere Albedo Products over Land

dc.contributor.authorZhan, Chuan
dc.contributor.authorAllan, Richard P.
dc.contributor.authorLiang, Shunlin
dc.contributor.authorWang, Dongdong
dc.contributor.authorSong, Zhen
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-13T18:23:15Z
dc.date.available2023-11-13T18:23:15Z
dc.date.issued2019-12-06
dc.description.abstractFive satellite top-of-atmosphere (TOA) albedo products over land were evaluated in this study including global products from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) (TAL-AVHRR), Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) (TAL-MODIS), and Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES); one regional product from the Climate Monitoring Satellite Application Facility (CM SAF); and one harmonized product termed Diagnosing Earth’s Energy Pathways in the Climate system (DEEP-C). Results showed that overall, there is good consistency among these five products, particularly after the year 2000. The differences among these products in the high-latitude regions were relatively larger. The percentage differences among TAL-AVHRR, TAL-MODIS, and CERES were generally less than 20%, while the differences between TAL-AVHRR and DEEP-C before 2000 were much larger. Except for the obvious decrease in the differences after 2000, the differences did not show significant changes over time, but varied among different regions. The differences between TAL-AVHRR and the other products were relatively large in the high-latitude regions of North America, Asia, and the Maritime Continent, while the differences between DEEP-C and CM SAF in Europe and Africa were smaller. Interannual variability was consistent between products after 2000, before which the differences among the three products were much larger.
dc.description.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/rs11242919
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/dspace/8ao2-qpc7
dc.identifier.citationZhan, C.; Allan, R.P.; Liang, S.; Wang, D.; Song, Z. Evaluation of Five Satellite Top-of-Atmosphere Albedo Products over Land. Remote Sens. 2019, 11, 2919.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/31372
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation.isAvailableAtCollege of Behavioral & Social Sciencesen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtGeographyen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, MD)en_us
dc.subjectTOA albedo
dc.subjectevaluation
dc.subjectTAL-AVHRR
dc.subjectTAL-MODIS
dc.subjectCERES
dc.subjectCM SAF
dc.subjectDEEP-C
dc.titleEvaluation of Five Satellite Top-of-Atmosphere Albedo Products over Land
dc.typeArticle
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