RADAGAST

Presentations given at the July 19-20 2007 Project meeting are now available - see 'Results'

Objectives

RADAGAST aimed to improve our understanding of the radiative balance of the atmosphere by combining simultaneous measurements of radiation at the surface and the top of the atmosphere.

This unique project used data from multiple instruments of the US ARM Mobile Facility which was located in Niger, Africa during 2006 and the SEVIRI and GERB imaging sensors on the Meteosat Second Generation satellites.

Participating Programs & Institutions

USA:

UK:

Europe and International:

Features

Region of Interest:

Approximately 25°W to 25 °E, 5°S to 30°N
RADAGAST placemark (kml) file for Google Earth™

Data (near-real time, archived) :

Full resolution images, every 15 minutes, of all 12 SEVIRI bands over the RADAGAST region of interest
Daily time series of the above over Niamey and Banizoumbou AMF sites

Derived Products (near-real time, archived) :

Half resolution dust and pseudo-natural visible image products, based on Eumetsat algorithms, every 15 minutes
GERB ARG and High Resolution SEVIRI Enhanced products
Animations of interesting meteorological and other events

Meta-data:

Daily log of meteorological conditions and other events, compiled by Tony Slingo

Contact Points

Principal Investigator: The late Prof. Tony Slingo, ESSC
(Science communications should be addressed to Dr Ali Bharmal, ESSC)

Web site, SEVIRI & GERB data processing: Dr Gary Robinson, ESSC (now at Met. Dept., Reading)