EuroSun2008-13

Reference values for cloud reflectivity

The cloud reflectivity pc also depends on the sun-satellite geometry. Therefore, different values of pc are calculated using histograms of reflectivity values for classes with similar geometric configurations. Fig. 2 illustrates the approach to assign the cloud reflectivity to each class: The measured histogram is fitted by a superposition of two functions, the first is representing the ground reflectivity distribution fitground and the second the cloud reflectivity distribution fitcioud. As cloud reflectivity we chose a value close to the reflection point (Pdoud , a*max(fitcioud)).