
PhD Meteorology
Phone: +46 11 495 84 07
E-mail: firstname.lastname@smhi.se
Research Gate ID: Karlsson K.-G
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)
Publications
Latest publications from Karl-Göran Karlsson
- Devasthale,AbhayDecadal Stability and Trends in the Global Cloud Amount and Cloud Top Temperature in the Satellite-Based Climate Data Records2023In: Remote Sensing, Vol. 15, no 15DOI: 10.3390/rs15153819
- Karlsson,Karl-GöranGlobal Cloudiness and Cloud Top Information from AVHRR in the 42-Year CLARA-A3 Climate Data Record Covering the Period 1979-20202023In: Remote Sensing, Vol. 15, no 12DOI: 10.3390/rs15123044
- Devasthale,AbhayRecent trends in the agrometeorological climate variables over Scandinavia2022In: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Vol. 316DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.108849