Spatial distributions of sunshine duration and precipitation using the cloudiness ratio calculated by MODIS satellite data

Reiji KIMURA, Yuki KURIYAMA, Masao MORIYAMA
2022 Climate in Biosphere  
We developed the cloudiness ratio (CR), a climate index calculated using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite data considered to be related to sunshine duration and precipitation, and then applied CR in Tottori prefecture during 2000 -2019. The CR correlated well with sunshine duration, the percentage of possible sunshine, and precipitation, and displayed both seasonality and regionality. We used these relationships to produce high-resolution (650 m) maps of the
more » ... l distributions of sunshine duration and precipitation.
doi:10.2480/cib.j-22-073 fatcat:2y7kb4xwfjfldamjmw25amndty