ATSR Science Publications

2017 Papers

Neubauer, D., Christensen, M. W., Poulsen, C., and Lohmann, U.: Unveiling aerosol-cloud interactions Part 2: Minimizing the effects of aerosol swelling and wet scavenging in ECHAM6-HAM2 for comparison to satellite data, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., DOI: 10.5194/acp-2017-449

Christensen, M. W., Neubauer, D., Poulsen, C., Thomas, G., McGarragh, G., Povey, A. C., Proud, S., and Grainger, R. G.: Unveiling aerosol-cloud interactions Part 1: Cloud contamination in satellite products enhances the aerosol indirect forcing estimate, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., DOI: 10.5194/acp-2017-450

Stengel, M., et al T Cloud property datasets retrieved from AVHRR, MODIS, AATSR and MERIS in the framework of the Cloud_cci project, DOI: 10.5194/essd-2017-48

N. Andela, D. C. Morton, L. Giglio, Y. Chen, G. R. van der Werf, P. S. Kasibhatla, R.s. DeFries, G. J. Collatz, S. Hetson, et al. A human-driven decline in global burned area, Science Advances (2017) Vol 356, no. 6345, DOI: 10.1126/science.aal4108

Zeke Hausfather, Kevin Cowtan, David C. Clarke, Pter Jacobs, Mark Richardson and Robert Rohde, Assessing recent warming using instrumentally homogeneous sea surface temperature records, Science Advances (2017) Vol 3, no. 1, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1601207

van der Werf, G. R., Randerson, J. T., Giglio, L., van Leeuwen, T. T., Chen, Y., Rogers, B. M., Mu, M., van Marle, M. J. E., Morton, D. C., Collatz, G. J., Yokelson, R. J., and Kasibhatla, P. S.: Global fire emissions estimates during 1997-2016. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 697-720, doi: 10.5194/essd-9-697-2017

2016 Papers

D. Fisher, C.A. Poulsen, G.E. Thomas, J.-P. Muller. Synergy of stereo cloud top height and ORAC optimal estimation cloud retrieval: evaluation and application to AATSR. Atmos. Meas. Tech., DOI: 10.5194/amt-9-909-2016

2015 Papers

G. de Leeuw, T. Holzer-Popp, S. Bevan, W.H. Davies, J. Descloitres, R.G. Grainger, J. Griesfeller, A. Heckel, S. Kinne, L. Klüser, P. Kolmonen, P. Litvinov, D. Martynenko, P. North, B. Ovigneur, N. Pascal, C.A. Poulsen, D. Ramon, M. Schulz, R. Siddans, L. Sogacheva, D. Tanré, G.E. Thomas, T.H. Virtanen, W. von Hoyningen Huene, M. Vountas, S. Pinnock. Evaluation of seven European aerosol optical depth retrieval algorithms for climate analysis. Remote Sens. Environ., 162, 295-315, 2015. DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.04.023

2014 Papers

C. Merchant, O. Embury, J. Roberts-Jones, E. Fiedler, C. Bulgin, G. Corlett, S. Good, A. McLaren, N. Rayner, S. Morak-Bozzo, C. Donlon, Sea surface temperature datasets for climate applications from Phase 1 of the European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative , Geoscience Data Journal (2014), DOI: 10.1002/gdj3.20

2013 Papers

Stengel, M., et al.: The Clouds Climate Change Initiative: Assessment of state-of-the-art cloud property retrieval schemes applied to AVHRR heritage measurements, Remote Sens. Environ., 2013. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.10.035

Pechony, O., Shindell, D.T. and Faluvegi, G., 2013. Direct top-down estimates of biomass burning CO emissions using TES and MOPITT versus bottom-up GFED inventory. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 118(14), pp.8054-8066, doi: 10.1002/jgrd.50624

Karen Veal, Gary K. Corlett, Darren Ghent, David T. Llewellyn-Jones and John J. Remedios, A time series of mean global-skin SST anomaly using data from ATSR-2 and AATSR, Remote Sensing of Environment 135 (2013) 64-76, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.03.028

T. Holzer-Popp, G. de Leeuw, J. Griesfeller, D. Martynenko, L. Kluser, S. Bevan, W. Davies, F. Ducos, J.L. Deuze, R.G. Graigner, A. Heckel, W. von Hoyningen-Hune, P. Kolmonen, P. Litvinov, P. North, C.A. Poulsen, D. Ramon, R. Siddans, L. Sogacheva, D. Tanre, G.E. Thomas, M. Vountas, J. Descloitres, J. Griesfeller, S. Kinne, M. Schulz and S. Pinnock. Aerosol retrieval experiments in the ESA Aerosol cci project, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 6, 1919-1957, 2013. doi: 10.5194/amt-6-1919-2013

Smith, D.L.; Cox, C.V., (A)ATSR Solar Channel On-Orbit Radiometric Calibration, Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on , vol.51, no.3, pp.1370,1382, March 2013 doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2230333

G. E. Thomas, N. Chalmers, B. Harris, R. G. Grainger, and E. J. Highwood, Regional and monthly and clear-sky aerosol direct radiative effect(and forcing) derived from the GlobAEROSOL-AATSR satellite - aerosol product, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2013) doi: 10.5194/acp-13-393-2013

2012 Papers

Merchant, C.J., Embury, O., Rayner, N.A., Berry, D.I., Corlett, G.K., Lean, K., Veal, K.L., Kent, E.C., Llewellyn-Jones, D.T., Remedios, J.J., & Saunders, R. (2012). A 20 year independent record of sea surface temperature for climate from Along-Track Scanning Radiometers. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 117, C12013, doi: 10.1029/2012jc008400

Minnett, P.J., and Corlett, G.K., 2012. A pathway to generating Climate Data Records of sea-surface temperature from satellite measurements, Deep-Sea Research II, 77–80, 44–51. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.04.003.

C. A. Poulsen, R. Siddans, G. E. Thomas, A. M. Sayer1, R. G. Grainger, E. Campmany, S. M. Dean, C. Arnold, and P. D. Watts, Cloud retrievals from satellite data using optimal estimation: evaluation and application to ATSR, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (2012) doi: 10.5194/amt-5-1889-2012

Remote Sensing of Environment - AATSR Special Issue (January 2012)

The Remote Sensing of Environment Special Issue includes the following papers:

David Llewellyn-Jones, John Remedios, The Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) and its predecessors ATSR-1 and ATSR-2: An introduction to the special issue, Remote Sensing of Environment 116 (2012) 1-3, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.06.002

Dave Smith, Chris Mutlow, John Delderfield, Bob Watkins, Graeme Mason, ATSR infrared radiometric calibration and in-orbit performance, Remote Sensing of Environment 116 (2012) 4-16, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.01.027

Werenfrid Wimmer, Ian S. Robinson, Craig J. Donlon, Long-term validation of AATSR SST data products using shipborne radiometry in the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, Remote Sensing of Environment 116 (2012) 17-31, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.03.022

Owen Embury, Christopher J. Merchant, Mark J. Filipiak, A reprocessing for climate of sea surface temperature from the along-track scanning radiometers: Basis in radiative transfer, Remote Sensing of Environment 116 (2012) 32-46, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.10.016

Owen Embury, Christopher J. Merchant, A reprocessing for climate of sea surface temperature from the along-track scanning radiometers: A new retrieval scheme, Remote Sensing of Environment 116 (2012) 47-61, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.11.020

Owen Embury, Christopher J. Merchant, Gary K. Corlett, A reprocessing for climate of sea surface temperature from the along-track scanning radiometers: Initial validation, accounting for skin and diurnal variability effects, Remote Sensing of Environment 116 (2012) 62-78, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.02.028

J.J. Kennedy, R.O. Smith, N.A. Rayner, Using AATSR data to assess the quality of in situ sea-surface temperature observations for climate studies, Remote Sensing of Environment 116 (2012) 78-92, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.11.021

P. Le Borgne, A. Marsouin, F. Orain, H. Roquet, Operational sea surface temperature bias adjustment using AATSR data, Remote Sensing of Environment 116 (2012) 93-106, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.02.023

Thomas Blackmore, Anne O'Carroll, Karsten Fennig, Roger Saunders, Correction of AVHRR Pathfinder SST data for volcanic aerosol effects using ATSR SSTs and TOMS aerosol optical depth, Remote Sensing of Environment 116 (2012) 106-117, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.04.040

Anne G. O'Carroll, Thomas Blackmore, Karsten Fennig, Roger W. Saunders, Sarah Millington, Towards a bias correction of the AVHRR Pathfinder SST data from 1985 to 1998 using ATSR, Remote Sensing of Environment 116 (2012) 118-125, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.04.040

Ian Robinson, Jean-Francois Piollé, Pierre LeBorgne, David Poulter, Craig Donlon, Olivier Arino, Widening the application of AATSR SST data to operational tasks through the Medspiration Service, Remote Sensing of Environment 116 (2012) 126-139, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.12.019

Craig J. Donlon, Matthew Martin, John Stark, Jonah Roberts-Jones, Emma Fiedler, Werenfrid Wimmer, The Operational Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Analysis (OSTIA) system, Remote Sensing of Environment 116 (2012) 140-158, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.10.017

E.J. Good, X. Kong, O. Embury, C.J. Merchant, J.J. Remedios, An infrared desert dust index for the Along-Track Scanning Radiometers, Remote Sensing of Environment 116 (2012) 159-176, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.06.016

Andrew M. Sayer, Gareth E. Thomas, Roy G. Grainger, Elisa Carboni, Caroline Poulsen, Richard Siddans, Use of MODIS-derived surface reflectance data in the ORAC-AATSR aerosol retrieval algorithm: Impact of differences between sensor spectral response functions, Remote Sensing of Environment 116 (2012) 177-188, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.02.029

A.-M. Sundström, P. Kolmonen, L. Sogacheva, G. de Leeuw, Aerosol retrievals over China with the AATSR dual view algorithm, Remote Sensing of Environment 116 (2012) 189-198, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.04.041

Suzanne L. Bevan, Peter R.J. North, Sietse O. Los, William M.F. Grey, A global dataset of atmospheric aerosol optical depth and surface reflectance from AATSR, Remote Sensing of Environment 116 (2012) 199-210, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.05.024

César Coll, Enric Valor, Joan M. Galve, Maria Mira, Mar Bisquert, Vicente García-Santos, Eduardo Caselles, Vicente Caselles, Long-term accuracy assessment of land surface temperatures derived from the Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer, Remote Sensing of Environment 116 (2012) 211-225, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.01.027

Olivier Arino, Stefano Casadio, Danilo Serpe, Global night-time fire season timing and fire count trends using the ATSR instrument series, Remote Sensing of Environment 116 (2012) 226-238, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.05.025

Stefano Casadio, Olivier Arino, Danilo Serpe, Gas flaring monitoring from space using the ATSR instrument series, Remote Sensing of Environment 116 (2012) 238-249, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.11.022

2011 Papers

A. M. Sayer1, C. A. Poulsen, C. Arnold, E. Campmany, S. Dean, G. B. L. Ewen, R. G. Grainger, B. N. Lawrence, R. Siddans, G. E. Thomas, and P. D. Watts, Global retrieval of ATSR cloud parameters and evaluation (GRAPE): dataset assessment, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2011) doi: 10.5194/acp-11-3913-2011