Articles | Volume 11, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-529-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-529-2018
Research article
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25 Jan 2018
Research article |  | 25 Jan 2018

Single-footprint retrievals for AIRS using a fast TwoSlab cloud-representation model and the SARTA all-sky infrared radiative transfer algorithm

Sergio DeSouza-Machado, L. Larrabee Strow, Andrew Tangborn, Xianglei Huang, Xiuhong Chen, Xu Liu, Wan Wu, and Qiguang Yang

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Thermodynamic fields retrieved from orbiting infrared sounders use a derived set of measurements as their starting point, rather than the actual observations. This leads to problems with noise and sampling. We have developed a fast accurate model with a simple vertical representation of clouds in the atmosphere for use in retrievals, which allows us to use all the actual low-noise measurements at full resolution. These should eventually help produce more accurate weather forecasts.