Validation of Solar Radiation Surfaces from MODIS and Reanalysis Data over Topographically Complex Terrain

Abstract The magnitude and distribution of incoming shortwave solar radiation (SW↓) has significant influence on the productive capacity of forest vegetation. Models that estimate forest productivity require accurate and spatially explicit radiation surfaces that resolve both long- and short-term temporal climatic patterns and that account for topographic variability of the land surface. This paper presents a validation of monthly average total (SW↓t) and diffuse ( SW↓df ) incoming solar radiation surfaces taken from North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR) data and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite imagery for a mountainous region of the Pacific northwestern United States and Canada. A topographic solar radiation model based on a regionally defined clearness index was used to downscale the 32-km NARR SW↓t surfaces to 1 km, resulting in surfaces that better matched the spatial resolution of MODIS, as well as accounted for elevation and terrain effects including shadowing. Va...

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