Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions www.atmos-meas-tech-discuss.net 1867-8610 3 2 2010 10.5194/amtd-3-1099-2010 http://www.atmos-meas-tech-discuss.net/3/1099/2010/ http://www.atmos-meas-tech-discuss.net/3/1099/2010/amtd-3-1099-2010.html http://www.atmos-meas-tech-discuss.net/3/1099/2010/amtd-3-1099-2010.pdf 1099 1132 2010-03-24 The detection of cloud free snow covered areas using AATSR measurements L. G. Istomina lora@iup.physik.uni-bremen.de W. von Hoyningen-Huene A. A. Kokhanovsky J. P. Burrows Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen,Germany A new method to detect cloud free snow covered areas is developed using the measurements by the Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) on board the ENVISAT satellite in order to discriminate clear snow fields for the retrieval of aerosol optical thickness or snow properties. The algorithm uses seven AATSR channels from VIS to TIR and analyzes the spectral behavior of each pixel in order to recognize the spectral signature of snow. The algorithm includes a set of relative thresholds and combines all seven channels into one flexible criterion, which allows us to filter out all the pixels with spectral behavior similar to that of snow. The algorithm does not use any kind of morphological criteria and does not require the studied surface to have any special structure. The snow spectral shape criterion was determined by a comprehensive theoretical study, which included radiative transfer simulations for various atmospheric conditions as well as studying existing models and measurements of snow optical and physical properties in different spectral bands. The method has been optimized to detect cloud free snow covered areas, and does not produce cloud/land/ocean/snow mask. 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