AbstractThe algorithms being implemented in EUMETSAT’s IASI Level 2 Product Processing Facility are validated with real case situations using AIRS data and comparing the retrieved atmospheric states with ECMWF analyses. The tests have been performed for clear-sky ocean scenes during daytime.The Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) retrievals show very good performance, with retrieved atmospheric states standard deviations between 1 and 2K in temperature and 10% and 20% in relative humidity when compared with ECMWF analysis in the troposphere. The EOF retrievals show relatively smooth profiles.Results from an iterative retrieval show a standard deviation between 2 and 3K in temperature and 10% and 30% in relative humidity when compared with ECMWF analyses in the troposphere. They tend to show meteorologically reasonable discontinuities in both temperature and relative humidity. This seems to be the reason why they do not compare as well with ECMWF analyses as the EOF retrievals do. Whether they are closer to reality or not will have to be tested with co-located radiosondes or similar more accurate data, which generally do not exhibit such smooth vertical profiles as ECMWF analyses do.


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    Titel :

    Validation of the operational IASI level 2 processor using AIRS and ECMWF data


    Beteiligte:
    Calbet, Xavier (Autor:in) / Schlüssel, Peter (Autor:in) / Hultberg, Tim (Autor:in) / Phillips, Pepe (Autor:in) / August, Thomas (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 37 , 12 ; 2299-2305


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2005-07-24


    Format / Umfang :

    7 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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