Evaluation of CrIMSS operational products using in-situ measurements, model analysis fields, and retrieval products from heritage algorithms

Author

Divakarla, Murty ; Barnet, Chris ; Goldberg, Mitch ; Gu, Degui ; Liu, Xu ; Xiong, Xiaozhen ; Kizer, Susan ; Guo, Guang ; Wilson, Mike ; Maddy, Eric ; Nalli, Nick ; Gambacorta, Antonia ; King, Tom ; Ma, Xia ; Blackwell, W.

Author_Institution

IM Syst. Group, Inc., Rockville, MD, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

22-27 July 2012

Firstpage

1046

Lastpage

1049

Abstract

Atmospheric Vertical Temperature Profile (AVTP) and Atmospheric Vertical Moisture Profile (AVMP) retrievals produced by the Cross-track Infrared Sounder and the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder suite (CrIMSS) official algorithm were evaluated with global European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) analysis fields, radiosonde (RAOB) measurements, and Aqua-Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) heritage algorithm retrievals. The operational CrIMSS AVTP and AVMP product statistics with truth data sets are quite comparable to the AIRS heritage algorithm statistics. Planned updates and improvements to the CrIMSS algorithm will alleviate many issues observed with `day-one´ focus-day results and show promise in meeting the Key Performance Parameter (KPP) specifications.

Keywords

atmospheric humidity; atmospheric techniques; atmospheric temperature; geophysical signal processing; AIRS heritage algorithm statistics; Aqua-atmospheric infrared sounder; CrIMSS algorithm; CrIMSS operational products; ECMWF; European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecast; RAOB measurement; advanced technology microwave sounder; atmospheric vertical moisture profile; atmospheric vertical temperature profile; cross-track infrared sounder; key performance parameter specification; model analysis field; radiosonde measurement; retrieval products; Algorithm design and analysis; Atmospheric measurements; Instruments; Ocean temperature; Solids; Temperature measurement; USA Councils; AIRS; CrIMSS-EDRs; CrIS; ECMWF; Hyper-Spectral Sounders; IASI; NPP;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1160-1

Electronic_ISBN

2153-6996

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6350818

Filename

6350818