Global Atmospheric Profiles from Reanalysis Information (GAPRI): a new database for earth surface temperature retrieval

2015

This paper presents the Global Atmospheric Profiles derived from Reanalysis Information GAPRI database, which was designed for earth surface temperature retrieval. GAPRI is a comprehensive compilation of selected atmospheric vertical profiles at global scale which can be used for radiative transfer simulation in order to obtain generalized algorithms to estimate land surface temperature LST. GAPRI includes information on geopotential height, atmospheric pressure, air temperature, and relative humidity derived from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Re-Analysis data from year 2011. The atmospheric profiles are structured for 29 vertical levels and extracted from a global …