CLARA-A1. CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: The following usage is anticipated / realized: - Cryospheric applications involving the monitoring of snow and sea ice albedo (e.g. validation of snow/ice albedo parameterizations in climate models). - Global and regional climate change studies. - Monitoring and analysis of the earths radiation budget. - Validation of regional and global climate models (e.g. ECHAM5).. OFFICIAL CITATION: Karlsson et al. 2012: CM SAF cLouds, Albedo and Radiation dataset from AVHRR data - Edition 1 - Monthly Means / Daily Means / Pentad Means / Monthly Histograms. Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring. DOI:10.5676/EUM_SAF_CM/CLARA_AVHRR/V001. http://dx.doi.org/10.5676/EUM_SAF_CM/CLARA_AVHRR/V001 publication references: Karlsson et al. 2013: http://doi.org/10.5194/acpd-13-935-2013, Riihela et al. 2012: http://doi.org/10.5194/acpd-12-25573-2012