Articles | Volume 11, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-971-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-971-2018
Research article
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19 Feb 2018
Research article |  | 19 Feb 2018

Single-footprint retrievals of temperature, water vapor and cloud properties from AIRS

Fredrick W. Irion, Brian H. Kahn, Mathias M. Schreier, Eric J. Fetzer, Evan Fishbein, Dejian Fu, Peter Kalmus, R. Chris Wilson, Sun Wong, and Qing Yue

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We describe a new algorithm for the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) that uses its thermal infrared spectra directly rather than using “cloud-clearing.” By additionally modelling clouds within an AIRS field-of-view, we retrieve temperature and water vapor profiles on the AIRS ~13.5 km horizontal footprint (at nadir) rather than the ~45 km footprint of cloud-cleared spectra. Initial validation is presented, and avenues for future development are discussed.