Version 1.2, 25 February 2005 APPLICATIONS OF METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION (MSG) CONVERSION FROM COUNTS TO RADIANCES AND FROM RADIANCES TO BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES AND REFLECTANCES Author: Author: D. Rosenfeld (HUJ) D. Rosenfeld (HUJ) [email protected][email protected]Contributors: Contributors: I. Lensky (HUJ), J. Kerkmann (EUM), S. I. Lensky (HUJ), J. Kerkmann (EUM), S. Tjemkes (EUM) Tjemkes (EUM) Y. Govaerts (EUM), HP. Roesli (MeteoSwiss) Y. Govaerts (EUM), HP. Roesli (MeteoSwiss)
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APPLICATIONS OFMETEOSAT SECOND GENERATION (MSG)
CONVERSION FROM COUNTS TO RADIANCES AND FROM RADIANCES TO
BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES AND REFLECTANCES
Author:Author: D. Rosenfeld (HUJ)D. Rosenfeld (HUJ)[email protected]@huji.ac.il
Contributors:Contributors: I. Lensky (HUJ), J. Kerkmann (EUM), S. Tjemkes (EUM)I. Lensky (HUJ), J. Kerkmann (EUM), S. Tjemkes (EUM)Y. Govaerts (EUM), HP. Roesli (MeteoSwiss)Y. Govaerts (EUM), HP. Roesli (MeteoSwiss)
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Conversion from Countsto Radiances
R = CAL_offset + CAL_slope * Count (1)
R = spectral radiance in mWm-2sr-1(cm-1)-1
CAL_offset = offset constant between the pixel count and the physical radiance extracted eitherfrom the on-board calibration (for IR channels) or from other sources (e.g. SEVIRI Solar ChannelCalibration (SSCC) for solar channels). The units are mWm-2sr-1(cm-1)-1
CAL_slope = linear calibration coefficient extracted either from the on-board calibration(for IR channels) or from other sources (e.g. SEVIRI Solar Channel Calibration (SSCC)for solar channels). The units are mWm-2sr-1(cm-1)-1
Count = binary pixel value (pixel count, between 0 and 1023)
More info: www.eumetsat.de, MSG/MSG Documentation (under Quick Links)/Level 1.5 Data Format Description (MSG/ICD/105)
The relation between the binary pixel value and the physicalradiance is fully defined for each spectral band by the relation:
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Detailed structure of the Level 1.5 Header: the calibration info (slope, offset) can be found in the radiometric processing sub-header !
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The image header itself is in the prologue file coming with each MSG image. Examples of filenames for prologue files
Conversion from Radiancesto Brightness Temperatures
In the MSG-MPEF the following analytic relation between the equivalent brightness temperatures (Tb) and the SEVIRI radiances (R) is adopted:
With: C1 = 1.19104 10-5 mW m-2 sr-1(cm-1)-4
C2 = 1.43877 K(cm-1)-1
c = central wavenumber of the channel
A, B coefficients (see next slide)More info: www.eumetsat.de, MSG/Data Products & Services/Image Data/Calibration/
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Conversion from BrightnessTemperatures to Radiances
Viceversa, the analytic relation between the radiances (R) and the equivalent brightness temperatures (Tb) for the MSG infra-red channels is given by equation (3):
With: C1 = 1.19104 10-5 mW m-2 sr-1(cm-1)-4
C2 = 1.43877 K(cm-1)-1
c = central wavenumber of the channel
A, B coefficients (see next slide)More info: www.eumetsat.de, MSG/Data Products & Services/Image Data/Calibration/
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Conversion from Radiancesto Brightness Temperatures
Values for the central wavenumber (in cm-1), and the parameters A, and B (in K) for the analytic relationship between radiance and equivalent brightness temperature for the thermal IR SEVIRI channels on MSG-1:
Channel No.Channel No. Channel IDChannel ID cc A A B B
Conversion from Radiancesto Reflectances for VIS Channels
REFL(i) = 100 * R (i) / TOARAD (i ) / cos(TETA) i=1, 2, 3, 12 (4)
REFL Reflectance [in %] for channel i, i = 1, 2, 3, 12R measured Radiance [in mW m-2 ster-1 (cm-1)-1] for channel i, i = 1, 2, 3, 12TOARAD solar constant at Top of the Atmosphere [in mW m-2 ster-1 (cm-1)-1] for channel i, i = 1, 2, 3, 12TETA solar zenith angle (to be calculated from date, time, lat, lon); for twilight condition
(i.e. TETA > 80°) TETA is set to 80° to avoid problemsi number of the channel (1 = VIS0.6; 2 = VIS0.8; 3 = NIR1.6; 12 = HRV)
R_tot measured total Radiance [in mW m-2 ster-1 (cm-1)-1] for channel IR3.9
R_therm CO2-corrected, thermal component of Radiance [in mW m-2 ster-1 (cm-1)-1] for channel IR3.9
TOARAD CO2-corrected, solar constant at Top of the Atmosphere [in mW m-2 ster-1 (cm-1)-1]
for channel IR3.9
During daytime, Channel IR3.9 receives energy both from emitted thermal radiation and from reflected solar radiation. One possibility to calculate the reflectance for channel IR3.9 is:
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Conversion from Radiancesto Reflectances for Channel IR3.9
The CO2-corrected thermal component of the radiance in Channel 04 (IR3.9) can be estimated from the IR10.8 channel by equation (7):
Using equation (2) to calculate the brightness temperature for channel IR10.8 and equation (3) to convert this temperature back to radiance (using the coefficients A and B for channel IR3.9 !)
R3.9_corr is the CO2 correction factor to account for the attenuation of the emitted thermal radiation by CO2 absorption (see next slide).
R_therm = R(IR3.9, BT(IR10.8)) * R3.9_corr (7)
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Conversion from Radiancesto Reflectances for Channel IR3.9
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The CO2 correction factor of IR3.9 total radiation, R3.9_corr, can be estimated usingthe IR10.8 and the IR13.4 brightness temperatures:
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ESD earth-sun-distance (in Astronomical Units), see equation (4)
TETA solar zenith angle (to be calculated from date, time, lat, lon); for twilight condition(i.e. TETA > 80°) TETA is set to 80° to avoid problems
SAT satellite zenith angle
4.92 / ESD**2 solar constant [in mW m-2 ster-1 (cm-1)-1] in channel 4 without CO2 correction
exp[-(1-R3.9_corr)] is the CO2 attenuation of the reflected solar radiation from cloud to satellite
exp[-(1-R3.9_corr)] * cos(TETA) / cos(SAT)) is the CO2 attenuation of the solar radiation from the sun to cloud
The CO2-corrected, solar constant at the Top of the Atmospherein Channel 04 (IR3.9) can be estimated from:
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CO2 Correction of BrightnessTemperature of Channel IR3.9
T4_CO2corr, the CO2-corrected brightness temperature at IR3.9,can be estimated using the IR10.8 and the IR13.4 brightness temperatures:
T4_CO2corr = ( BT(IR3.9)4 + Rcorr )0.25 (10)
Where:
Rcorr = BT(IR10.8)4 - (BT(IR10.8) - T_CO2)4
And: T_CO2 = (BT(IR10.8) - BT(IR13.4)) / 4.
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I. Temperature difference between surface and air mass at about 850 hPa (T_CO2 is very large for hot desert surfaces during daytime (see next slide))
II. Height of the cloud (T_CO2 is small for high clouds (see next slide))
III. Satellite viewing angle (so called "limb cooling" effect, T_CO2 is large for large satellite viewing angles)
IV. Differences in surface emissivity at 10.8 and 13.4 m
CO2 Correction of BrightnessTemperature of Channel IR3.9
In equation (10), the CO2-correction of BT(IR3.9) depends non-linearly on T_CO2,the difference between IR10.8 and IR13.4, which depends on (in order of priority):
