Infrared sounding of the trade-wind boundary layer: AIRS and the RICO experiment

被引：20

作者：

Martins, Joao P. A. ^{[1
]}

Teixeira, Joao ^{[2
]}

Soares, Pedro M. M. ^{[1
]}

Miranda, Pedro M. A. ^{[1
]}

Kahn, Brian H. ^{[2
]}

Dang, Van T. ^{[2
]}

Irion, Frederick W. ^{[2
]}

Fetzer, Eric J. ^{[2
]}

Fishbein, Evan ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Lisbon, CGUL, IDL, P-1749016 Lisbon, Portugal

[2] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA

来源：

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 2010年 / 37卷

基金：

美国国家航空航天局;

关键词：

SHALLOW CUMULUS; VALIDATION; PRODUCTS; DEPTH;

D O I：

10.1029/2010GL045902

中图分类号：

P [天文学、地球科学];

学科分类号：

07 ;

摘要：

The new generation of remote sensors on board NASA's A-Train constellation offers the possibility of observing the atmospheric boundary layer in different regimes, with or without clouds. In this study we use data from the Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) and of the Rain In Cumulus over the Ocean (RICO) campaign, to verify the accuracy and precision of the AIRS Version 5 Level 2 support product. This AIRS product has an improved vertical sampling that is necessary for the estimation of boundary layer properties. Good agreement is found between AIRS and RICO data, in a regime of oceanic shallow cumulus that is known to be difficult to analyze with other remote sensing data, and also shows a low sensitivity to cloud or land fraction. This suggests that AIRS data may be used for global boundary layer studies to support parameterization development in regions of difficult in-situ observation. Citation: Martins, J. P. A., J. Teixeira, P. M. M. Soares, P. M. A. Miranda, B. H. Kahn, V. T. Dang, F. W. Irion, E. J. Fetzer, and E. Fishbein (2010), Infrared sounding of the trade-wind boundary layer: AIRS and the RICO experiment, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L24806, doi: 10.1029/2010GL045902.

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