Karl-Göran Karlsson
PhD Meteorology.
Karl-Göran Karlsson
Contact, network and CV
- Email: karl-goran.karlsson@smhi.se
- Phone: +46 11 495 84 07
- ResearchGate ID: Karlsson K.-G
External link. - Karl-Göran Karlsson, CV Pdf, 462.4 kB.
Publications
Fields of work
Multispectral analysis of satellite imagery to retrieve cloud occurrence and cloud properties from meteorological satellite imagery. Compilation of global cloud climatologies for studies of cloud climate trends and variability and cloud-climate feedback processes.
Research Interests
- Cloud detection in satellite imagery
- Climate monitoring
- Cloud-climate feedback processes
Special competences
Responsible for the climate data record CLARA (“The CM SAF cLoud, Albedo and surface RAdiation dataset from AVHRR data”) compiled within the framework of the EUMETSAT Climate Monitoring Satellite Application Facility (CMSAF – www.cmsaf.eu External link.)
Latest publications
Leveraging the satellite-based climate data record CLARA-A3 to understand the climatic trend regimes relevant for solar energy applications over Europe
Abhay Devasthale, Sandra Andersson, Erik Engström, Frank Kaspar, Joerg Trentmann, Anke Duguay-Tetzlaff, Jan Fokke Meirink, Erik Kjellström, Tomas Landelius, Manu Thomas, Karl-Göran Karlsson
Extension of AVHRR-based climate data records
Karl-Göran Karlsson, Nina Håkansson, Salomon Eliasson, Erwin Wolters, Ronald Scheirer
Lessons Learned from the Updated GEWEX Cloud Assessment Database
Claudia J. Stubenrauch, Stefan Kinne, Giulio Mandorli, William B. Rossow, David M. Winker, Steven A. Ackerman, Helene Chepfer, Larry Di Girolamo, Anne Garnier, Andrew Heidinger, Karl-Göran Karlsson, Kerry Meyer, Patrick Minnis, Steven Platnick, Martin Stengel, Szedung Sun-Mack, Paolo Veglio, Andi Walther, Xia Cai, Alisa H. Young, Guangyu Zhao