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ASTER data of Global Surface Emissivity
seasonal surface spectral emissivity derived from modis data
seasonal surface spectral emissivity derived from modis data

GSESA

Global Surface Emissivity Spectral Atlas

The Global Surface Emissivity Spectral Atlas (GSESA) database contains global, monthly climatology infrared emissivity functional Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) scores in 0.25 x 0.25 latitude-longitude resolution. An eigenvector file and a reader file allow customers to produce emissivity spectra. 

The emissivity functional EOF scores were developed using the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) instrument on the METOP-A, METOP-B, and METOP-C satellites for the period 2007-07-01 to 2025-01-31.