Test and Evaluation of a VTPR Retrieval System from Clear-Column NOAA 2 Radiances.

Abstract

An iterative technique for the retrieval of temperatures at each of 100 levels ranging from 1000 mb to 0.01 mb is evaluated. Clear-column radiance data in the carbon dioxide channels of the Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer (VTPR) of NOAA 2 are used in inverting the radiative transfer equations to deduce the T(P) profile. The retrieval technique includes the computation of atmospheric transmittances due to three atmospheric absorber masses (carbon dioxide, water vapor, and ozone) and non-homogeneous temperature-pressure effects along the vertical. The program also corrects these transmittances for zenith path differences between the satellite and the retrieval site when the site is not directly below the sensor.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA009921

Entities

People

  • Harry Milton Dyck Jr

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Computations
  • Equations
  • Radiance
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Radiometers
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transmittance
  • Vapors
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Space