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Title | ||
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The effect of the half-width of the 22-GHz water vapor line on retrievals of temperature and water vapor profiles with a 12-channel microwave radiometer |
Abstract | ||
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We show that observed biases in retrievals of temperature and water vapor profiles from a 12-channel microwave radiometer arise from systematic differences between the observed and model-calculated brightness temperatures at five measurement frequencies between 22 and 30 GHz. Replacing the value for the air-broadened half-width of the 22-GHz water vapor line used in the Rosenkranz absorption model with the 5% smaller half-width from the HITRAN compilation largely eliminated the systematic differences in brightness temperatures. An a priori statistical retrieval based on the revised model demonstrated significant improvements in the accuracy and vertical resolution of the retrieved temperature and water vapor profiles. Additional improvements were demonstrated by combining the MWRP retrievals with those from the GOES-8 sounder and by incorporating brightness temperature measurements at off-zenith angles in the retrievals. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2005 | 10.1109/TGRS.2004.839593 | Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
atmospheric humidity,atmospheric techniques,atmospheric temperature,microwave measurement,radiometers,remote sensing,22 to 30 GHz,GOES-8 sounder,HITRAN compilation,Rosenkranz absorption model,air-broadened half-width,brightness temperatures,microwave radiometer,microwave remote sensing,off-zenith angles,statistical retrieval,temperature profile,thermo-dynamic profile retrieval,vertical resolution,water vapor absorption,water vapor line,water vapor profile,Microwave remote sensing,spectroscopy,thermodynamic profile retrieval,water vapor absorption | Microwave,Brightness temperature,Remote sensing,Atmospheric temperature,HITRAN,Mathematics,Water vapor,Brightness,Microwave radiometer,Radiometer | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
43 | 5 | 0196-2892 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
22 | 4.05 | 0 |
Authors | ||
4 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| James C. Liljegren | 1 | 66 | 11.47 |
| Boukabara, S.-A. | 2 | 42 | 7.37 |
| Karen E. Cady-Pereira | 3 | 59 | 12.12 |
| S. A. Clough | 4 | 37 | 10.00 |