Comparison of simulated radiances, Jacobians and linear error analysis for the Microwave Humidity Sounder and the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-B

被引：18

作者：

Kleespies, Thomas J.

Watts, Philip

机构：

[1] NOAA, NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD 20736 USA

[2] EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany

来源：

QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY | 2006年 / 132卷 / 621期

关键词：

numerical weather prediction; radiative transfer;

D O I：

10.1256/qj.05.03

中图分类号：

P4 [大气科学（气象学）];

学科分类号：

0706 ; 070601 ;

摘要：

The Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS) has scan characteristics similar to those of the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-B (AMSU-B). However, its radiometric characteristics are somewhat different, for two channels in particular. Both of these channels have more attenuation with the MHS than the AMSU-B. Linear error analysis suggests that the improved noise characteristics of the MHS will let it have slightly lower errors than the AMSU-B.

引用

收藏

页码：3001 / 3010

页数：10

相关论文

共 10 条

[1]

*EUMESTAT, 1993, EPSMHSSPE93001

[2] INVERSION OF CLOUDY SATELLITE SOUNDING RADIANCES BY NONLINEAR OPTIMAL ESTIMATION .1. THEORY AND SIMULATION FOR TOVS [J].

EYRE, JR .

QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 1989, 115 (489) :1001-1026

[3] Evaluation of the AIRS near-real-time channel selection for application to numerical weather prediction [J].

Fourrié, N ;

Thépaut, JN .

QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 2003, 129 (592) :2425-2439

[4] Radiance and Jacobian intercomparison of radiative transfer models applied to HIRS and AMSU channels [J].

Garand, L ;

Turner, DS ;

Larocque, M ;

Bates, J ;

Boukabara, S ;

Brunel, P ;

Chevallier, F ;

Deblonde, G ;

Engelen, R ;

Hollingshead, M ;

Jackson, D ;

Jedlovec, G ;

Joiner, J ;

Kleespies, T ;

McKague, DS ;

McMillin, L ;

Moncet, JL ;

Pardo, JR ;

Rayer, PJ ;

Salathe, E ;

Saunders, R ;

Scott, NA ;

Van Delst, P ;

Woolf, H .

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 2001, 106 (D20) :24017-24031

[5] The impact of ozone lines on AMSU-B radiances [J].

John, VO ;

Buehler, SA .

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 2004, 31 (21) :L211081-4

[6]

Jursa A. S., 1985, HDB GEOPHYS SPACE EN

[7] Atmospheric transmittance of an absorbing gas. 6. OPTRAN status report and introduction to the NESDIS/NCEP community radiative transfer model [J].

Kleespies, TJ ;

van Delst, P ;

McMillin, LM ;

Derber, J .

APPLIED OPTICS, 2004, 43 (15) :3103-3109

[8] Atmospheric transmittance of an absorbing gas .5. Improvements to the OPTRAN approach [J].

McMillin, LM ;

Crone, LJ ;

Kleespies, TJ .

APPLIED OPTICS, 1995, 34 (36) :8396-8399

[9] RETRIEVAL OF ATMOSPHERIC-TEMPERATURE AND COMPOSITION FROM REMOTE MEASUREMENTS OF THERMAL-RADIATION [J].

RODGERS, CD .

REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS, 1976, 14 (04) :609-624

[10] An overview of the AIRS radiative transfer model [J].

Strow, LL ;

Hannon, SE ;

De Souza-Machado, S ;

Motteler, HE ;

Tobin, D .

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING, 2003, 41 (02) :303-313