A database of global reference sites to support validation of satellite surface albedo datasets (SAVS 1.0)

Loew, Alexander; Bennartz, Ralf; Fell, Frank; Lattanzio, Alessio; Doutriaux-Boucher, Marie; Schulz, Jörg

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-425-2016

Articles | Volume 8, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-425-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-425-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 2

Review article

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23 Sep 2016

Review article |

| 23 Sep 2016

A database of global reference sites to support validation of satellite surface albedo datasets (SAVS 1.0)

Alexander Loew, Ralf Bennartz, Frank Fell, Alessio Lattanzio, Marie Doutriaux-Boucher, and Jörg Schulz

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Final revised paper (published on 23 Sep 2016)
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RC1: 'Review of “A database of global reference sites to support validation of satellite surface albedo (SAVS 1.0)”', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Jun 2016
- AC1: 'Author response', Alexander Loew, 14 Jul 2016
RC2: 'A database of global reference sites to support validation of satellite surface albedo datasets (SAVS 1.0)', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Jun 2016
- AC2: 'Author response', Alexander Loew, 14 Jul 2016

Short summary

The paper introduces a novel database of global potential surface albedo validation sites which are very well characterized in terms of their spatial heterogeneity. The database might be usefull for the validation and longterm monitoring of satellite data products and validation of satellite derived geophysical datasets.