Scene Radiance-Dependent Intersatellite Biases of HIRS Longwave Channels

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作者
Shi, Lei [1 ]
Bates, John J. [1 ]
Cao, Changyong [2 ]
机构
[1] NOAA, NESDIS, Natl Climat Data Ctr, Asheville, NC 28801 USA
[2] NOAA, NESDIS, Ctr Satellite Applicat & Res, Camp Springs, MD USA
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10.1175/2008JTECHA1058.1
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P75 [海洋工程];
学科分类号
0814 ; 081505 ; 0824 ; 082401 ;
摘要
Measurements from the simultaneous nadir overpass ( SNO) observations of the High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder ( HIRS) are examined. The SNOs are the measurements taken at the orbital intersections of each pair of satellites viewing the same Earth target within a few seconds at high latitudes. The dataset includes satellites from NOAA-6 through NOAA-17 from 1981 to 2004. The authors found that for many channels, intersatellite biases vary significantly with respect to scene radiances. For a number of these channels, the change of the intersatellite bias within a channel can be larger than 1 mW ( m(2) sr cm(-1))(-1), which is approximately 1 K in brightness temperature, across the channel scene radiance ranges. Many of the channels with large variations of intersatellite biases are the tropospheric sounding channels centered along the sharp slope of the transmission line. These channels are particularly sensitive to the difference in spectral response functions from satellite to satellite. This radiance-dependency feature of the biases is an important factor to consider when performing intersatellite calibrations.
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页码:2219 / 2229
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