Publications

On this page, you will find publications of the RMIB GERB Team in peer-reviewed journals.

In Press

2017

Full Text M. Urbain, N. Clerbaux, A. Ipe, F. Tornow, R. Hollmann, E. Baudrez, A. Velazquez Blazquez, J. Moreels (2017): The CM SAF TOA Radiation Data Record Using MVIRI and SEVIRI, Remote Sens., 9, 466.

Full Text F. Tornow, N. Clerbaux, A. Ipe, U. Manon (2017): An improved method to estimate reference cloud-free images for the visible band of geostationary satellites International Journal of Remote Sensing, in press. (doi: 10.1080/01431161.2017.1372859).

2014

Full Text I. Decoster, N. Clerbaux, E. Baudrez, S. Dewitte, A. Ipe, S. Nevens, A. Velazquez-Blazquez, J. Cornelis (2014): Spectral Aging Model Applied to Meteosat First Generation Visible Band, Remote Sens., 6, 2534-2571.

Full Text I. Decoster (2014): Spectral ageing model for the Meteosat First Generation visible band, PhD thesis at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

2013

Full Text I. Decoster, N. Clerbaux, E. Baudrez, S. Dewitte, A. Ipe, S. Nevens, A. Velazquez-Blazquez, J. Cornelis (2013):
A Spectral Aging Model for the Meteosat-7 Visible Band, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 30(3), 496-509.

Full Text I. Decoster, N. Clerbaux, Y. Govaerts, E. Baudrez, S. A. Ipe, S. Dewitte, S. Nevens, A. Velazquez-Blazquez, J. Cornelis (2013):
Evidence of pre-launch characterization problem of Meteosat-7 visible spectral response, Remote Sensing Letters, 4(10), 1008-1017.

2012

Full Text S. Dewitte, N. Clerbaux, A. Ipe, A. Velazquez, E. Baudrez, S. Nevens, I. Decoster (2012):
Climate monitoring with Earth radiation budget measurements, AIP Conf. Proc. 1531, 612; doi: 10.1063/1.4804844.

Full Text N. Clerbaux, E. Baudrez, I. Decoster, S. Dewitte, A. Ipe, S. Nevens, A. Velazquez Blazquez (2012):
The climate monitoring SAF TOA radiation “GERB” datasets, AIP Conf. Proc. 1531, 652 (2013); doi: 10.1063/1.4804854.

2011

Full Text A. Ipe (2011):
Cloud properties retrieval for climate studies from geostationary orbit, PhD thesis at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

W. Greuell, E. van Meijgaard, N. Clerbaux, J.-F. Meirink (2011):
Evaluation of model-predicted top-of-atmosphere radiation and cloud parameters over Africa with observations from GERB and SEVIRI. Journal of Climate, 24(15), 4015-4036.

2009

Full Text B. De Paepe, S. Dewitte (2009):
Dust aerosol optical depth retrieval over desert surface, using the SEVIRI window channels, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 26, 704-718.

Full Text N. Clerbaux, J.E. Russell, S. Dewitte, C. Bertrand, D. Caprion, B. De Paepe, L. Gonzalez Sotelino, A. Ipe, R. Bantges, H.E. Brindley (2009):
Comparison of GERB instantaneous radiance and flux products 2 with CERES Edition-2 data, Remote Sensing of Environment, 113, 102-114.

2008

Full Text B. De Paepe, A. Ignatov, A. Ipe, S. Dewitte (2008):
Aerosol retrieval over ocean from SEVIRI for the use in GERB's Earth radiation budget analysis, Remote Sensing of Environment, 112, 2455-2468.

Full Text C. Bertrand, L. Gonzalez, A. Ipe, N. Clerbaux, S. Dewitte (2008):
Improvement in the GERB short wave flux estimations over snow covered surfaces, Advances in Space Research, 41(7), 1894-1905.

Full Text N. Clerbaux (2008):
Processing of Geostationary Observations for Earth Radiation Budget Studies, PhD thesis at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Full Text N. Clerbaux, S. Dewitte, C. Bertrand, D. Caprion, B. De Paepe, L. Gonzalez, A. Ipe, J.E. Russell and H. Brindley (2008):
Unfiltering of the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) Data. Part I: Shortwave Radiation, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 25(7), 1087-1105.

Full Text N. Clerbaux, S. Dewitte, C. Bertrand, D. Caprion, B. De Paepe, L. Gonzalez, A. Ipe and J.E. Russell (2008):
Unfiltering of the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) Data. Part II: Longwave Radiation, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 25(7), 1106-1117.

Full Text S. Dewitte, L. Gonzalez, N. Clerbaux, A. Ipe, C. Bertrand, B. De Paepe (2008):
The Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget Edition 1 data processing algorithms, Advances in Space Research, 41(11), 1906-1913.

2006

Full Text C. Bertrand, J. Futyan, A. Ipe, L. Gonzalez, N. Clerbaux (2006):
Diurnal Asymmetry in the GERB SW fluxes, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 44(12), 3585-3600, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2006.881119.

Full Text C. Bertrand, N. Clerbaux, A. Ipe, S. Dewitte, L. Gonzalez (2006):
Angular distribution models anisotropic correction factors and sun glint: a sensitivity study, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 27(9), 1741-1757, doi:10.1080/01431160500107015.

2005

Full Text J.E. Harries et al. (2005):
The Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget Project, Bulletin of American Meteorological Society, 86(7), 945-960, doi:10.1175/BAMS-86-7-945.

Full Text C. Bertrand, N. Clerbaux, A. Ipe, S. Dewitte, L. Gonzalez (2005):
Angular Distribution Models, Anisotropic Correction Factors, and Mixed Clear-Scene Types: A Sensitivity Study, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 43(1), 92-102, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2004.83836.

J.M. Haywood, R.P. Allan, I. Culverwell, T. Slingo, S. Milton, J. Edwards, N. Clerbaux (2005): Can desert dust explain the outgoing longwave radiation anomaly over the Sahara during July 2003?. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 110(D5), 1984–2012.

2004

Full Text A. Ipe, N. Clerbaux, C. Bertrand, S. Dewitte, L. Gonzalez (2004):
Validation and homogenisation of cloud optical depth and cloud fraction retrievals for GERB/SEVIRI scene identification using Meteosat-7 data, Atmospheric Research, 72, 17-37, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2004.03.010.

Full Text C. Bertrand, A. Royer (2004):
Aerosol optical depth spatio-temporal characterization over the Canadian BOREAS domain, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 25(15), 2903-2917, doi:10.1080/01431160310001632657.

Full Text C. Bertrand (2004):
Les derniers 1000 ans, Comptes Rendus Geoscience, 336, 741-750, doi:10.1016/j.crte.2003.12.022.

Full Text C. Bertrand, N. Clerbaux, A. Ipe, L. Gonzalez (2004):
Corrigendium to Estimation of the 2002 Mount Etna eruption cloud radiative forcing from Meteosat-7 data, Remote Sensing of Environment, 90, 135-135.

2003

Full Text C. Bertrand, N. Clerbaux, A. Ipe, L. Gonzalez (2003):
Estimation of the 2002 Mount Etna eruption cloud radiative forcing from Meteosat-7 data, Remote Sensing of Environment, 87, 257-272.

Full Text A. Ipe, N. Clerbaux, C. Bertrand, S. Dewitte, L. Gonzalez (2003):
Pixel-scale composite top-of-the-atmosphere clear-sky reflectances for Meteosat-7 visible data, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(D19), 4612, doi:10.1029/2002JD002771.

Full Text N. Clerbaux, S. Dewitte, L. Gonzalez, C. Bertrand, B. Nicula, A. Ipe (2003):
Outgoing longwave flux estimation: improvement of angular modelling using spectral information, Remote Sensing of Environment, 85, 389-395.

Full Text N. Clerbaux, A. Ipe, C. Bertrand, S. Dewitte, B. Nicula, L. Gonzalez (2003):
Evidence of azimuthal anisotropy for the thermal infrared radiation leaving the Earth's atmosphere, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24(14), 3005-3010.