Application of Optical Measure Theory to Atmospheric Temperature Sounding from TOVS (TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder) Radiances

Abstract

We have demonstrated robust algorithms for generating fits in Optical Measure Theory (OMT) to radiance data from the TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS). These algorithms generated physically meaningful fits on 100% of a test set of 45 TOVS radiance scans, and were successful both on short wavelength (667/cm) and on long wavelength (2250/cm) TOVS data. The resulting OMT temperature profiles exhibit meteorological characteristics and appear to be suitable for determination of atmospheric structure parameters characterizing the large-scale vertical temperature of the atmosphere, and also suitable for generation of input data for numerical weather prediction codes. Keywords: Optical data, Atmospheric sounding, Meteorological satellites, Remote sensing, Atmospheric temperature profiles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 02, 1989
Accession Number
ADA209955

Entities

People

  • John F. Ebersole
  • Robert G. Hohlfeld
  • Thomas W. Drueding

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Atmospheric Temperature
  • Classification
  • Data Sets
  • Exponential Functions
  • Geometry
  • Ground Level
  • Long Wavelengths
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Satellites
  • Meteorology
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Short Wavelengths
  • Weather Forecasting

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space