Investigation of the Forward Radiative Transfer Problem Utilizing DMSP and Nimbus 6 Data.

Abstract

Comparison programs involving the computed radiances and brightness temperatures, utilizing the measured temperature and mixing ratio profiles from radiosonde, and the colocated observed data are carried out for the DMSP SSH (infrared) and SSM/T (microwave) sounders. In addition, a parallel comparison program using the Nimbus 6 HIRS and SCAMS data also is performed independently to examine the probable discrepancies between computations based on the conventional transfer equation and satellite observations. Appreciable discrepancies between computations and observations are shown for the SSH 15 micron CO2 temperature channels whose weighting functions peak below about 16 km. These descrepancies also are supported by the comparison results from the Nimbus 6 HIRS 15 micron CO2 channels and to a limited extent the DMSP SSM/T microwave sounders.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1980
Accession Number
ADA109874

Entities

People

  • Grant C. Aufderhaar
  • Hwa-young Yeh
  • Keith Hutchison
  • Kuo-nan Liou

Organizations

  • University of Utah

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Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Data Sets
  • Massachusetts
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Satellites
  • Meteorology
  • Radiation
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Remote Sensing
  • Surface Properties
  • Surface Temperature
  • Temperature Gradients
  • United States
  • Water Vapor
  • Weighting Functions

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Oceanography.
  • Solar Physics

Technology Areas

  • Space