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contributor authorShi, Lei
contributor authorPeng, Ge
contributor authorBates, John J.
date accessioned2017-06-09T17:23:57Z
date available2017-06-09T17:23:57Z
date copyright2012/01/01
date issued2011
identifier issn0739-0572
identifier otherams-84531.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4227877
description abstractigh-latitude ocean surface air temperature and humidity derived from intersatellite-calibrated High-Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) measurements are examined. A neural network approach is used to develop retrieval algorithms. HIRS simultaneous nadir overpass observations from high latitudes are used to intercalibrate observations from different satellites. Investigation shows that if HIRS observations were not intercalibrated, then it could lead to intersatellite biases of 1°C in the air temperature and 1?2 g kg?1 in the specific humidity for high-latitude ocean surface retrievals. Using a full year of measurements from a high-latitude moored buoy site as ground truth, the instantaneous (matched within a half-hour) root-mean-square (RMS) errors of HIRS retrievals are 1.50°C for air temperature and 0.86 g kg?1 for specific humidity. Compared to a large set of operational moored and drifting buoys in both northern and southern oceans greater than 50° latitude, the retrieval instantaneous RMS errors are within 2.6°C for air temperature and 1.4 g kg?1 for specific humidity. Compared to 5 yr of International Maritime Meteorological Archive in situ data, the HIRS specific humidity retrievals show less than 0.5 g kg?1 of differences over the majority of northern high-latitude open oceans.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleSurface Air Temperature and Humidity from Intersatellite-Calibrated HIRS Measurements in High Latitudes
typeJournal Paper
journal volume29
journal issue1
journal titleJournal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
identifier doi10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00024.1
journal fristpage3
journal lastpage13
treeJournal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology:;2011:;volume( 029 ):;issue: 001
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