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Snow detection for flatland (snow mask) by VIS/NIR of SEVIRI (H31), Snow detection (snow mask) by VIS/IR radiometry (H34) (using products from juypiter notebook) - Part I

In this session, EUMETSAT HSAF snow products H31 and H34 are explained in detail.

H31 is a full disk snow mask product for flatland areas, which is retrieved from optical imaging radiometer Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) onboard the geostationary Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellites operated by EUMETSAT. MSG/SEVIRI provides continuous imaging of the earth in 12 spectral channels with a repeat cycle of 15 min. The imaging spatial resolution is 3 km in nadir and degrades to 5 km over Europe. The snow cover retrieval algorithm used in the product is based on empirical approach, which takes into account the highly variable nature of the snow-covered surface in satellite resolution. Validation results based on weather station observations(snow depth and the state of the ground observations) are very good.