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contributor authorMitchell, R. M.
contributor authorO'Brien, D. M.
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:27:28Z
date available2017-06-09T14:27:28Z
date copyright1987/08/01
date issued1987
identifier issn0022-4928
identifier otherams-19579.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4155710
description abstractThis paper investigates the feasibility of satellite remote sensing of surface pressure using radiometric measurements in the oxygen A band. It is shown out the primary sources of error are the uncertainties in the temperature profile, the surface reflection coefficient, and the aerosol loading. The impact of each of these errors upon the surface pressure is estimated. Pressure measurements to better than 2 hPa accuracy appear possible in principle over a wide range of surface reflectances if the temperature profile is known to an accuracy of 1 K, if the aerosol loading is known to an accuracy of 10%, and if instrumental noise can be limited to 0.1%. However, the calculations of this paper suggest that the radiometer must sample over extremely narrow spectral windows (1 cm?1) if this accuracy is to be achieved.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleError Estimates for Passive Satellite Measurement of Surface Pressure Using Absorption in the A Band of Oxygen
typeJournal Paper
journal volume44
journal issue15
journal titleJournal of the Atmospheric Sciences
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0469(1987)044<1981:EEFPSM>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage1981
journal lastpage1990
treeJournal of the Atmospheric Sciences:;1987:;Volume( 044 ):;issue: 015
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