Estimation of Daily Sunshine Duration from Terra and Aqua MODIS Data
Some studies have shown that the estimation of global sunshine duration can be done with the help of geostationary satellites because they can record several images of the same location in a day. In this paper, images obtained from the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) sensors o...
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| description | Some studies have shown that the estimation of global sunshine duration can be done with the help of geostationary satellites because they can record several images of the same location in a day. In this paper, images obtained from the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) sensors of polar orbiting satellites Aqua and Terra were used to estimate daily global sunshine duration for any region in Turkey. A new quadratic correlation between daily mean cloud cover index and relative sunshine duration was also introduced and compared with the linear correlation. Results have shown that polar orbiting satellites can be used for the estimation of sunshine duration. The quadratic model introduced here works better than the linear model especially for the winter months in which very low sunshine duration values were recorded at the ground stations for many days. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ce794b85186a4c658bb607c911ff8e782025-02-03T05:49:42ZengWileyAdvances in Meteorology1687-93091687-93172014-01-01201410.1155/2014/613267613267Estimation of Daily Sunshine Duration from Terra and Aqua MODIS DataH. M. Kandirmaz0K. Kaba1Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences and Arts, Cukurova University, 01330 Adana, TurkeyDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Sciences and Arts, Cukurova University, 01330 Adana, TurkeySome studies have shown that the estimation of global sunshine duration can be done with the help of geostationary satellites because they can record several images of the same location in a day. In this paper, images obtained from the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) sensors of polar orbiting satellites Aqua and Terra were used to estimate daily global sunshine duration for any region in Turkey. A new quadratic correlation between daily mean cloud cover index and relative sunshine duration was also introduced and compared with the linear correlation. Results have shown that polar orbiting satellites can be used for the estimation of sunshine duration. The quadratic model introduced here works better than the linear model especially for the winter months in which very low sunshine duration values were recorded at the ground stations for many days.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/613267 |
| spellingShingle | H. M. Kandirmaz K. Kaba Estimation of Daily Sunshine Duration from Terra and Aqua MODIS Data Advances in Meteorology |
| title | Estimation of Daily Sunshine Duration from Terra and Aqua MODIS Data |
| title_full | Estimation of Daily Sunshine Duration from Terra and Aqua MODIS Data |
| title_fullStr | Estimation of Daily Sunshine Duration from Terra and Aqua MODIS Data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Estimation of Daily Sunshine Duration from Terra and Aqua MODIS Data |
| title_short | Estimation of Daily Sunshine Duration from Terra and Aqua MODIS Data |
| title_sort | estimation of daily sunshine duration from terra and aqua modis data |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/613267 |
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