Impact of emissivity model errors on retrieval of water vapor profiles over ocean with SSM/T2

Author

Burns, B.A. ; Wu, Xiangqian ; Diak, George R.

Author_Institution

GenCorp Aerojet, Azusa, CA, USA

Volume

4

fYear

1998

fDate

6-10 Jul 1998

Firstpage

2171

Abstract

Emissivity of the surface is a critical factor in the interpretation of brightness temperatures observed by satellite microwave sensors over the ocean. Models for this parameter are therefore an essential part of the forward models used in physical retrievals of atmospheric profiles from microwave sounders. The authors estimate the brightness temperature error for three different ocean emissivity models and evaluate the impact of this error on retrieval of water vapor profiles with the moisture sounder on the DMSP satellites (SSM/T2). In the course of this analysis the authors also resolve a question as to the polarization state of the SSM/T2 channels

Keywords

atmospheric humidity; atmospheric techniques; humidity measurement; radiometry; remote sensing; SSM T2; SSM/T2; brightness temperature; emissivity model error; forward model; humidity; marine atmosphere; measurement technique; microwave radiometry; physical retrieval; polarization; retrieval; satellite remote sensing; surface emissivity; vertical profile; water vapor; water vapour; Atmospheric modeling; Brightness temperature; Error analysis; Ocean temperature; Rough surfaces; Satellites; Sea surface; Solid modeling; Surface roughness; Wind speed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4403-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1998.703776

Filename

703776