Simultaneous inversion for temperature and water vapor from IMG radiances

Simultaneous retrieval of temperature and water vapor profiles have been obtained by using spectral radiances from the Japanese IMG high resolution interferometer spectrometer. Forward model computations have been performed with the LBLRTM code. The spectral residuals between the IMG measurements an...

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Published inGeophysical research letters Vol. 27; no. 16; pp. 2533 - 2536
Main Authors Lubrano, Alberta M., Serio, C., Clough, Shepard A., Kobayashi, H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC Blackwell Publishing Ltd 15.08.2000
American Geophysical Union
Subjects
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
External geophysics
Geophysics. Techniques, methods, instrumentation and models
Water
Temperature distribution
Spectral function
Vapor
Uncertainty
Instrument function
Radiative transfer
Algorithm
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Summary:Simultaneous retrieval of temperature and water vapor profiles have been obtained by using spectral radiances from the Japanese IMG high resolution interferometer spectrometer. Forward model computations have been performed with the LBLRTM code. The spectral residuals between the IMG measurements and the LBLRTM radiative transfer model are dominated by uncertainty in the IMG spectral instrument function. The impact of these residuals on the retrievals has been significantly mitigated though an approach using reduced resolution.
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ISSN:0094-8276
1944-8007
DOI:10.1029/1999GL011059