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AUTHOR
N. Peinado-galan
Consistency between GRUAN sondes, LBLRTM and IASI
Abstract. Radiosonde soundings from the GCOS Reference Upper-Air Network (GRUAN) data record are shown to be consistent with Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Instrument (IASI)-measured radiances via LBLRTM (Line-By-Line Radiative Transfer Model) in the part of the spectrum that is mostly affected by water vapour absorption in the upper troposphere (from 700 hPa up). This result is key for climate data records, since GRUAN, IASI and LBLRTM constitute reference measurements or a reference radiative transfer model in each of their fields. This is specially the case for night-time radiosonde measurements. Although the sample size is small (16 cases), daytime GRUAN radiosonde measurements seem to h…
Intercomparison of soil moisture retrieved from GNSS-R and passive L-band radiometry at the Valencia Anchor Station
In this paper, the SOMOSTA (Soil Moisture Monitoring Station) experiment on soil moisture monitoring by Global Navigation Satellite System Reflected signals(GNSS-R) at the Valencia Anchor Station is introduced.