Statistical Retrieval of Temperatures form SCR-B, at 10 to 0.4 mb.
Abstract
The purpose of this first phase of a study on the morphology of planetary waves was to estimate global temperatures for the upper stratosphere and lower mesophere from the radiances of the SCR-B experiment on Nimbus 5. This has been successfully achieved using a regression of the radiances on meteorological rocket data. In general, the accuracy of the retrieved temperatures, i.e., standard deviation of the error, varies from about 3 K at 10 mb to about 5.5 K at 0.4 mb as compared to meteorological rocket values. Layer mean temperatures are about one-half degree more accurate than temperatures at the bordering levels. Details of the procedure, which included extensive prior preparation of the radiances, are given here. Global temperatures at 10, 5, 2, 1 and 0.4 mb along the orbit, and the mean temperatures (thicknesses) between the levels, are now ready to apply to the next phase of this study, which will obtain heights of those surfaces at latitude-longitude gridpoints. The planetary waves will be computed from these gridpoint values. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 31, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA077359
Entities
People
- D. N. Hovland
- R. W. Wilcox
Organizations
- Control Data Corporation