Radiometric correction of observations from microwave humidity sounders

Moradi, Isaac; Beauchamp, James; Ferraro, Ralph

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-6617-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-6617-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-6617-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 12

Research article

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17 Dec 2018

Research article |

| 17 Dec 2018

Radiometric correction of observations from microwave humidity sounders

Isaac Moradi, James Beauchamp, and Ralph Ferraro

Data sets

NOAA Climate Data Records (CDR) of AMSU-A/B and MHS Hydrological Properties, Version 1 R. R. Ferraro, H. Meng, and NOAA CDR Program https://doi.org/10.7289/V5V69GM6

Short summary

Microwave (MW) satellite instruments are used for a variety of applications such as retrieving geophysical variables such as temperature and humidity. They are also assimilated into NWP models to improve the weather forecast. However, MW instruments are subject to radiometric and geometric errors. This study evaluates the observations from several MW instruments for radiometric errors and provides correction coefficients for the data that are biased.