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SIF 2007-2016
Global mean SIF from 2007-2016 measured by GOME-2 on MetOp-A
 

Data archive

SIFTER v3

GOME-2A: 
(2007-2017)  		individual days   |   monthly mean
 
GOME-2B: 
(2013-2023)  		individual days   |   monthly mean

SIFTER v2

GOME-2A: 
(2007-2018)  		individual days   |   monthly mean

SIFTER v1

GOME-2A: 
(2007-2018)  		individual days   |   monthly mean
 
GOME-2B: 
(2013-2018)  		individual days   |   monthly mean
 

Data use and citation

SIFTER datasets are linked to a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to allow for direct referencing; see also the Acknowledgement below.

GOME-2A SIFTER v3 (2007-2017) [Data set]

Anema, J. C. S., Boersma, K. F., Tilstra, L. G., and Tuinder, O. N. E. (2025).
SIFTER solar-induced vegetation fluorescence data from GOME-2A (Version 3.0) [Data set].
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI).
https://doi.org/10.21944/gome2a-sifter-v3-solar-induced-fluorescence
 
GOME-2B SIFTER v3 (2013-2023) [Data set]
Anema, J. C. S., Boersma, K. F., Tilstra, L. G., and Tuinder, O. N. E. (2025).
SIFTER solar-induced vegetation fluorescence data from GOME-2B (Version 3.0) [Data set].
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI).
https://doi.org/10.21944/gome2b-sifter-v3-solar-induced-fluorescence
 
GOME-2A SIFTER v2 (2007-2018) [Data set]
Kooreman, M. L., Boersma, K. F., van Schaik, E., van Versendaal, R., Cacciari, A., and Tuinder, O. N. E. (2020).
SIFTER sun-induced vegetation fluorescence data from GOME-2A (Version 2.0) [Data set].
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI).
https://doi.org/10.21944/gome2a-sifter-v2-sun-induced-fluorescence
 

Documentation

  • Scientific publications on the algorithm principles:

    • SIFTER v3:
      Anema, J. C. S., Boersma, K. F., Tilstra, L. G., Tuinder, O. N. E., and Verstraeten, W. W.:
      Improved consistency in solar-induced fluorescence retrievals from GOME-2A with the SIFTER v3 algorithm,
      Atmos. Meas. Tech. 18, 1961-1979, 2025
      https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1961-2025

    • SIFTER v2:
      van Schaik, E., Kooreman, M. L., Stammes, P., Tilstra, L. G., Tuinder, O. N. E., Sanders, A. F. J., Verstraeten, W. W., Lang, R., Cacciari, A., Joiner, J., Peters, W., and Boersma, K. F.:
      Improved SIFTER v2 algorithm for long-term GOME-2A satellite retrievals of fluorescence with a correction for instrument degradation,
      Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 4295-4315, 2020
      https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4295-2020

    • SIFTER v1:
      Sanders, A.F.J., Verstraeten, W.W., Kooreman, M.L., van Leth, T.C., Beringer, J., and Joiner, J.:
      Spaceborne Sun-Induced Vegetation Fluorescence Time Series from 2007 to 2015 Evaluated with Australian Flux Tower Measurements,
      Remote Sens. 8(11), 895, 2016
      https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8110895

  • Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (15 Nov. 2019)
 

Acknowledgement

If you use a SIFTER Sun-Induced Fluorescence dataset for a publication (research or otherwise), please refer to the publication by citing the data set DOI as listed above and/or include the following acknowledgment:
"We acknowledge the free use of SIFTER Sun-Induced Fluorescence data from the (GOME-2) sensor from www.temis.nl."
We would appreciate receiving a copy of your publication, by contacting us via the contact form.

The GOME-2 SIF data are provided by KNMI in the framework of the EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility on Atmospheric Composition Monitoring (AC SAF).