List of peer reviewed publication concerning the CLARA dataset (Status June 2012)

Peer reviewed publication dealing with the descripition of the retrieval method used to derive cloud parameter from AVHRR measurements:

• Dybbroe, A., A. Thoss and K.-G. Karlsson, 2005: NWCSAF AVHRR cloud detection and analysis using dynamic thresholds and radiative transfer modeling - Part I: Algorithm description, J. Appl. Meteor, 44, 39-54.

• Dybbroe, A., A. Thoss and K.-G. Karlsson, 2005: NWCSAF AVHRR cloud detection and analysis using dynamic thresholds and radiative transfer modeling - Part II: Tuning and validation, J. Appl. Meteor, 44, 55-71.

Peer reviewed publication describing the operational generation on AVHRR-based cloud products:

• Kaspar, F., Hollmann, R., Lockhoff, M., Karlsson, K.-G., Dybbroe, A., Fuchs, P., Selbach, N., Stein, D., and Schulz, J., 2009: Operational generation of AVHRR-based cloud products for Europe and the Arctic at EUMETSAT's Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring (CM-SAF), Adv. Sci. Res., 3, 45-51, doi: 10.5194/asr-3-45-2009.

Peer reviewed publication dealing with the descripition of the retrieval method used to derive surface radiation parameter from AVHRR measurements:

• Mueller R. W .; Matsoukas C.; Gratzki A.; Baehr, H.D; Hollmann, R. (2009): The CM-SAF operational scheme for the satellite based retrieval of solar surface irradiance - A LUT based eigenvector hybrid approach, in: Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 113, Pages: 1012-1024, DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.01.012