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| - | ====== Land ====== | ||
| - | ===== Meteosat-8 images ===== | ||
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| - | 8 March 2006 12:00 UTC, dust outbreak over the Sahara. | ||
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| - | The desert surface is characterized by very low emissivity at IR8.7μm, we can see it appear darker on the image: | ||
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| - | {{200603081200_spp_T3.png|8.7μm brightness temperature}} | ||
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| - | If we make the difference between 8.7μm and 10.8μm we are able to separate the clear-sky regions from the regions with aerosols: | ||
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| - | {{200603081200_T3_T5.png|difference image 8.7μm -- 10.8μm}} | ||
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| - | In order to make a reference image with the surface contribution we estimate the surface emissivity from the clear-sky observations: | ||
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| - | {{200603081200_emissivity_108.png|10.8μm land surface emissivity}} | ||
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