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Energy-Specific Solar Radiation Data from Meteosat Second Generation (MSG): The Heliosat-3 Project HELIOSAT-3 NNK5-CT-2000-00322 NNE5-2000-00413

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Geolocation of high resolution data of Meteosat-8 (VCS-XPIF format)

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R. Kuhlemann (Oldenburg University) A. Hammer, A. Drews (Oldenburg University)

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June 2005 D 13.1

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Preface The work presented in this report is part of the deliverable D13.1 for the European research project Heliosat-3. It belongs to workpackage 4010 (solar energy processing chain). The Heliosat-3 project is supported by the fth framework program of the European Commission under contract number NNK5-CT2000-00322.

Geolocation
of high resolution data of Meteosat-8 (VCS-XPIF format)

Rolf Kuhlemann, Anja Drews, and Annette Hammer 20.6.2005

Outline: Introduction Interpretation of IDRISI-maps Investigating HRV data General information about provided data and programs Results Appendix (Images)

Introduction The match between certain pixels with their line and column within a satellite measured image and geographical positions with their latitude and longitude is called geolocation. Informations about resolution, distances to the equator (lineand column-oset), and other image properties are given within the headers of transmitted images. For validation purposes and operational use it is necessary to check and improve the geolocation of Meteosat-8 data. Both, the high resolution broadband channel (HRV) and a representative low resolution channel around 800 nm have been investigated. With helpful assistance of Anja Drews it has been possible to use the GIS software IDRISI Kilimanjaro to check the match between the geolocation of HRV/VIS008 images according to their header informations on one side and coast line/country boarder maps within IDRISI on the other side. These coast line maps are provided by the ESRI corporation (ArcView - Europe shape les). Furthermore, Antonio Ortegn Gallego (ITC) provided similar maps of the Cao nary Islands for the same purpose. The computational format of the processed data is not the original HRIT format transmitted by EUMETSAT, but the synthetic XPIF format generated by the software of the receiving system of the company VCS installed in Oldenburg (see www.vcs.de). All investigations were done by using reference albedo maps of Europe and the Canary Islands for June (12:00 slot (UTC)) derived with the Heliosat-1 procedure within the new program Sunsat (see Kuhlemann et al.: Sunsat - the new program for processing high resolution data of Meteosat-8). Interpretation of IDRISI-maps To interpret the gures at the end of this report further information are necessary. The pixels on the projected maps are not (!) the pixels of the original images. They are arbitrarily choosen and have everywhere the same size. Sometimes, especially near the poles, IDRISI is not able to ll all pixels reasonably, because no Meteosat-8 pixel matches latitude and longitude in the map. These pixels have values of zero. The interpolation of these values would have been possible, but it is not necessary for coast line comparisons. The coloring of the calculated maps is dierent, because some were calculated for the whole of Europe, others only for the regions of interest in order to accelerate the necessary calculations. Therefore, colors should be ignored, only contours are of interest. The white lines denote the country lines and the bigger cities and/or sites of measurement (Canary Islands) are marked with red circles. Investigating HRV data The rst step was, to test the geolocation of low resolution VIS008 data (VCSXPIF-format) in order to check the quality of the geolocation. As size of a 4

pixel the value reportet by Marion Schroedter-Homscheidt and Lucien Wald has been used (17.832 aperture angle / 3712 pixels). For comparison, coast lines in Southwestern Ireland, the region of Bergen, South Portugal, the Balearic Islands, some Greek Islands, and the Baltic Sea in Northern Germany have been taken into account. The results are presented in the gures on page 10 and 11. The sampling of the data with the country line map of IDRISI is excellent for this level of resolution. The same procedure as used for VIS008 data was adopted to HRV data (VCSXPIF-format) and revealed distortions. This was done by using header informations of the VCS-XPIFdata and the dimensions of the full disc image (17.832 equal 11136 pixels; line-oset = 5568; column-oset = 2028). A simple back shift of the images by changing column and line numbers did not solve this problem. The distortions have been even larger with the corrected line-oset (5566), reported by Marion Schroedeter-Homscheidt as information from the MSG/RAO workshop in Salzburg (September 2004) for images before the 2.9.2004. A test series of changed line- and column-osets revealed, that the best match for Western Europe occures, if the line-oset equals 5572 and the column-oset 2029. The quality of this correction decreases with growing distance to the GreenwichMeridian or nearby. While the found geolocation is really good for Bergen, the Baltic Sea (Fehmarn), the Balearic Islands and Portugal (pages 12-15), this is not true for Southwestern Ireland and the Greek Islands (pages 16-17). For Southwestern Ireland a column-oset of 2030 has given a better match, for the Greek Islands one of 2027.
XPIF-HRV-Europe Location Bergen Freiburg Geneve Vaulx-en-Velin Nantes Barcelona Bratislava Thission Penteli Country Norway Germany Switzerland France France Spain Slowakia Greece Greece latitude 60.4 N 48.018 N 46.2 N 45.78 N 47.15 N 41.386 N 48.17 N 37.973 N 38.049 N longitude 5.32 E 7.836 E 6.1 E 4.92 E 1.33 W 2.118 W 17.08 E 23.718 E 23.863 E col 1164 1448 1346 1259 801 1066 2072 2822 2833 lin 289 900 1006 1030 945 1329 905 1623 1618 l-o 5572 5572 5572 5572 5572 5572 5572 5572 5572 HRIT-HRV (full-disc) ad-l-o +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 c-o 2029 2029 2029 2029 2029 2029 2028 2027 2027 ad-c-o +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +0 -1 -1 subset size 21 * 21 21 * 21 41 * 41 11 * 11 21 * 21 11 * 11 21 * 21 21 * 21 21 * 21

Table 1: Geolocation of HRV data of dierent sites in Europe. Beside latitude/longitude of a certain place the corresponding column and line in VCS-XPIF data of Europe are given, altogether with the necessary additional line- and column-osets. The according subset dimension is given also.

Table 1 contains all site informations including additional line- and column-osets for geolocation and therefore validation of calculated data. All of the values are derived from the VCS-XPIF data for Europe, which are stored in Oldenburg (header informations: columns = 3072, lines = 1800, line-oset = 5318, columnoset = 895, resolution = 222). These values determine the region on the earth disc and correspond therefore to its dimension (columns = 11136, lines = 11136, line-oset = 5566 (5568 before 2nd of september 2004), column-oset = 2028, resolution = 222). Latitude and longitude (nearly) determine a pixel with column and line in the HRV data of Europe (VCS-XPIF- format). Altogether with the transmitted values for (already corrected) column-osets and line-osets the necessary additional column- and line-osets as found for proper geolocation are presented in Table 1. Finally the dimension of the subsets around sites of measurement is given. The particular place of the instrument should be in the middle. The same procedure has been done for the Canary Islands (Table 3). It has been necessary to give the additional line-oset a decimal character. Table 3 resumes all informations one needs to validate with sites of measurement on these Islands (red dots, page 21). Accurate determination of latitude and longitude of the measuring sites on the Canary Islands has been done and provided by Antonio Ortegn Gallego. o Because of the small size of the Canary Islands, each subset contains a whole Island (pages 18-20). To reconstruct the location of each Island within the VCSXPIF data of the whole Canary Islands, it is possible to take their header informations (line-oset: 3080, column-oset: 1800) and the following values for horizontal and vertical osets, which are used to generate the subsets for each island (Table 2).
Island Lanzarote Fuerte Ventura Gran Canaria Gomera Teneria La Palma Hierro horizontal oset 493 424 299 168 210 120 88 vertical oset 57 116 169 173 137 115 208

Table 2: Horizontal and vertical osets of the Island subsets within the VCS-XPIF data of all Canary Islands.

subset-loc Island Gran Canaria Gran Canaria Gran Canaria Gran Canaria Gran Canaria Gran Canaria Gran Canaria Gran Canaria (Gran Canaria)* Fuerte Ventura Fuerte Ventura Fuerte Ventura (Fuerte Ventura)** Gomera Gomera Hierro Hierro Lanzarote Lanzarote La Palma Teneria Teneria Teneria Teneria Teneria (Teide) site C0 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C7 F1 F2 F3 F3 G1 G2 H1 H2 L1 L2 P1 T0 T1 T2 T3 TD latitude 27.8175 N 28.1108 N 27.9901 N 27.7700 N 27.7716 N 28.0337 N 27.8839 N 28.1681 N 28.1554 N 28.4248 N 28.1375 N 28.6840 N 28.6856 N 28.0917 N 28.0998 N 27.8123 N 27.6401 N 28.8884 N 29.0981 N 28.6860 N 28.4931 N 28.4137 N 28.2383 N 28.0703 N 28.3000 N longitude 15.4244 W 15.4169 W 15.7907 W 15.5600 W 15.5841 W 15.4991 W 15.7216 W 15.6865 W 15.6930 W 14.0579 W 14.2457 W 14.0111 W 14.0116 W 17.1107 W 17.3452 W 17.9161 W 17.9785 W 13.8344 W 13.5083 W 17.7644 W 16.3246 W 16.5545 W 16.8405 W 16.5542 W 16.5097 W col 42 47 11 29 27 38 16 23 23 51 30 59 59 25 5 28 20 9 42 25 61 39 10 33 41 lin 43 16 28 47 47 23 37 11 12 37 64 14 14 18 17 10 26 54 35 22 15 21 40 54 33 l-o

HRIT-HRV (full-disc) ad-l-o +4.5 +4.5 +4.5 +4.5 +4.5 +4.5 +4.5 +4.5 +4.5 +4.5 +4.5 +4.5 +4.5 +4.5 +4.5 +4.5 +4.5 +4.5 +4.5 +4.5 +4.5 +4.5 +4.5 +4.5 +4.5 c-o 2030 2030 2030 2030 2030 2030 2030 2030 2030 2030 2030 2030 2030 2031 2031 2031 2031 2030 2030 2031 2031 2031 2031 2031 2031 ad-c-o +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3

subset size 55 * 56 55 * 56 55 * 56 55 * 56 55 * 56 55 * 56 55 * 56 55 * 56 55 * 56 83 * 75 83 * 75 83 * 75 83 * 75 31 * 27 31 * 27 37 * 29 37 * 29 57 * 61 57 * 61 35 * 46 85 * 63 85 * 63 85 * 63 85 * 63 85 * 63 height [m] 47 17 197 187 265 525 300 40 65 450 41 8 11 91 35 221 93 5 47 21 562 19 971 545 2398

5570.5 5570.5 5570.5 5570.5 5570.5 5570.5 5570.5 5570.5 5570.5 5570.5 5570.5 5570.5 5570.5 5570.5 5570.5 5570.5 5570.5 5570.5 5570.5 5570.5 5570.5 5570.5 5570.5 5570.5 5570.5

Table 3: Geolocation of dierent sites on the Canary Islands in HRV data. Beside latitude/longitude of a certain place the corresponding column and line in the VCS-XPIF data of the Canary Islands are given, altogether with the necessary additional line- and column-osets. The according subset dimension is also given. For identifying measurement sites (row 2) look also on maps on pages 18-20. (* C7 future location,** F3 after the 29. of September 2004)

General information about provided data and programs To avoid a mix of uncorrected and modied images, by means of their header informations, the correction works locally in our programs. All headers of the VCS-XPIF images contain the old, wrong numbers for line- and columnoset. With the proper geolocation generated here, it is possible locate accurately each pixel in VCS-XPIF data. This is done for all pixels and all provided subsets. These data are provided in the les named latlong-location.dat on the server (internal Heliosat-3 pages). To work with modied osets, the program Sunsat (see Kuhlemann et al.: Sunsat - the new program for processing high resolution data of Meteosat-8) has been changed in the way that there are optional parameters for additional line- and column-osets. Altogether with the lists of the found values for additional lineand column-osets (Table 1+3) accurate processing is possible. Results A detailed geolocation of many places in Europe and on the Canary Islands revealed, that low resolution data of Meteosat-8 in VCS-XPIF format are geolocated properly in terms of their header informations. Unlike this, high resolution data are distorted. With local manipulations of the line- and column-osets it was possilbe to compensate this eect and therefore an accurate usage of VCSXPIF data. A geolocation of the original high resolution HRIT data transmitted by EUMETSAT revealed, that these data are undistorted. It seems, that the observed distortions in high resolution data are caused by failures of the software of the VCS company. Therefore, it is planned to switch the processing chain from VCS-XPIF data to HRIT data. Appendix (Images) S. 10: Geolocation of VCS-VIS008 data with subsets of Norway, Balearic Islands, and Greek Islands S. 11: Geolocation of VCS-VIS008 data with subsets of Western Irland, Fehmarn, and Portugal S. 12: Geolocation of VCS-HRV data with subsets of Balearic Islands (dierent additional column- and lin-osets) S. 13: Geolocation of VCS-HRV data with subsets of Fehmarn (dierent additional column- and lin-osets) S. 14: Geolocation of VCS-HRV data with subsets of Portugal (dierent additional column- and lin-osets) 8

 S. 15: Geolocation of VCS-HRV data with subsets of Bergen (dierent additional column- and lin-osets) S. 16: Geolocation of VCS-HRV data with subsets of Greek Islands (different additional column- and lin-osets) S. 17: Geolocation of VCS-HRV data with subsets of Western Irland (different additional column- and lin-osets) S. 18: Geolocation of VCS-HRV data with subsets of Teneria and Gran Canaria S. 19: Geolocation of VCS-HRV data with subsets of Gomera, Hierro, and La Palma S. 20: Geolocation of VCS-HRV data with subsets of Fuerte Ventura and Lanzarote S. 21: Geolocation of VCS-HRV data of the subset of all Canary Islands

Balearic Islands (June 2004) VCS-XPIF VIS008

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Bergen (June 2004) VCS-XPIF VIS008 Greek Islands (June 2004) VCS-XPIF VIS008

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Western Ireland (June 2004) VCS-XPIF VIS008

Fehmarn (June 2004) VCS-XPIF VIS008

Portugal (June 2004) VCS-XPIF VIS008

Balearic Islands (June 2004) VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5568 C_offset = 2028

Balearic Islands (June 2004) VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5566 C_offset = 2028

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Balearic Islands (June 2004) VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5572 C_offset = 2029

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Fehmarn (June 2004) VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5568 C_offset = 2028

Fehmarn (June 2004) VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5566 C_offset = 2028

Fehmarn (June 2004) VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5572 C_offset = 2029

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Portugal (June 2004) VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5568 C_offset = 2028

Portugal (June 2004) VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5566 C_offset = 2028

Portugal (June 2004) VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5572 C_offset = 2029

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Bergen (June 2004) VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5568 C_offset = 2028

Bergen (June 2004) VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5566 C_offset = 2028

Bergen (June 2004) VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5572 C_offset = 2029

Greek Islands (June 2004) VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5568 C_offset = 2028

Greek Islands (June 2004) VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5566 C_offset = 2028

Greek Islands (June 2004) - Penteli, Thission VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5572 C_offset = 2027

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Western Ireland (June 2004) VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5568 C_offset = 2028

Western Ireland (June 2004) VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5566 C_offset = 2028

Western Ireland (June 2004) VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5572 C_offset = 2029

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T0 T0 T1 T1 TD TD T2 T2

Teneriffa (June 2004) VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5570,5 C_offset = 2031

T3 T3

C7 C1

C5 C2

Gran Canaria (June 2004) VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5570,5 C_offset = 2030
C0

C6

C3 C4

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Gomera (June 2004) VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5570,5 C_offset = 2031

G2

G1

H1

Hierro (June 2004) VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5570,5 C_offset = 2031

H2

La Palma (June 2004)

P1

VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5570,5 C_offset = 2031

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F3

F1

Fuerte Ventura (June 2004) VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5570,5 C_offset = 2030

F2

Lanzarote (June 2004) VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5570,5 C_offset = 2030

L2

L1

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The Canary Islands (June 2004), VCS-XPIF HRV L_offset = 5570,5; C_offset = 2031