Karl-Göran Karlsson

Karl-Göran Karlssson

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

  1. Stubenrauch,Claudia J.
    Lessons Learned from the Updated GEWEX Cloud Assessment Database
    2024
    In: Surveys in geophysics
    DOI: 10.1007/s10712-024-09824-0
  2. Benas,Nikos
    CLAAS-3
    2023
    In: Earth System Science Data, Vol. 15, no 11, 5153-5170 p.
    DOI: 10.5194/essd-15-5153-2023
  3. Karlsson,Karl-Göran
    CLARA-A3
    2023
    In: Earth System Science Data, Vol. 15, no 11, 4901-4926 p.
    DOI: 10.5194/essd-15-4901-2023