Improving the spatio-temporal distribution of surface solar radiation data by merging ground and satellite measurements

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2692-2704

  Journée, Michel ^a   Bertrand, Cédric ^a  

^a ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Data merging; MSG SEVIRI products (LSA SAF, CM SAF); Remote sensing and in situ data; Surface solar radiation

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; BIAS CORRECTION; CROSS VALIDATION; DATA MERGING; DEGREES OF COMPLEXITY; GEOSTATISTICAL; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION DATA; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; LEAVE-ONE-OUT; MEAN FIELD; MERGING TECHNIQUES; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATIONS; MSG/SEVIRI PRODUCTS (LSA-SAF, CM-SAF); SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS; SOLAR RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; SOLAR RESOURCES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SURFACE SOLAR RADIATION;

FORESTRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; WATER RESOURCES;

MERGING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; METEOSAT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BELGIUM; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SUN LIGHT; WATER RESOURCES;

BELGIUM;

EID: 77956180842     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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