Accuracy of Vaisala RS41 and RS92 Upper Tropospheric Humidity Compared to Satellite Hyperspectral Infrared Measurements

Sun, Bomin; Calbet, Xavier; Reale, Anthony; Schroeder, Steven; Bali, Manik; Smith, Ryan; Pettey, Michael

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Accuracy of Vaisala RS41 and RS92 Upper Tropospheric Humidity Compared to Satellite Hyperspectral Infrared Measurements

2021
By Sun, Bomin ; Calbet, Xavier ; Reale, Anthony ; ...

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Remote Sensing
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Sun, Bomin ; Calbet, Xavier ; Reale, Anthony ; Schroeder, Steven ; Bali, Manik ; Smith, Ryan ; Pettey, Michael
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NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service) ; STAR (Center for Satellite Applications and Research) ; JPSS (Joint Polar Satellite System Program Office) ; CISESS (Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies)
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Radiosondes are important for calibrating satellite sensors and assessing sounding retrievals. Vaisala RS41 radiosondes have mostly replaced RS92 in the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Reference Upper Air Network (GRUAN) and the conventional network. This study assesses RS41 and RS92 upper tropospheric humidity (UTH) accuracy by comparing with Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) upper tropospheric water vapor absorption spectrum measurements.
Keywords:

Infrared Radiances Radiative Transfer Radiosondes Satellite Upper Tropospheric Humidity
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Remote Sensing. 2021; 13(2):173
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https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13020173
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