Articles | Volume 14, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-5717-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-5717-2021
Research article
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20 Aug 2021
Research article |  | 20 Aug 2021

A simulation-experiment-based assessment of retrievals of above-cloud temperature and water vapor using a hyperspectral infrared sounder

Jing Feng, Yi Huang, and Zhipeng Qu

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It is challenging to measure the atmospheric conditions above convective storms. In this study, a method of retrieving thermodynamic variables above convective storms using a combination of satellite-based observations from a hyperspectral infrared sounder and active sensors is developed. We find that this method captures the spatial distributions of thermodynamic anomalies above convective clouds well. This method is potentially applicable to observations from current and future satellites.
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