
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,AbhayRecent trends in the agrometeorological climate variables over Scandinavia2022In: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Vol. 316DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.108849
- Manninen,TerhikkiCloud-probability-based estimation of black-sky surface albedo from AVHRR data2022In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Vol. 15, no 4, 879-893 p.DOI: 10.5194/amt-15-879-2022
- Karlsson,Karl-GöranProbabilistic Cloud Masking for the Generation of CM SAF Cloud Climate Data Records from AVHRR and SEVIRI Sensors2020In: Remote Sensing, Vol. 12, no 4DOI: 10.3390/rs12040713