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Can turbulence within the field of view cause significant biases in radiative transfer modeling at the 183 GHz band?
Pedro OriaAngel OtarolaPilar RípodasXavier CalbetE. R. KursinskiRigel KiviD. WardSergio Desouza-machadoNiobe Peinado-galansubject
PhysicsAtmospheric Science010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesTurbulencelcsh:TA715-787lcsh:Earthwork. Foundations0211 other engineering and technologies02 engineering and technology01 natural sciencesClear-air turbulenceComputational physicslaw.inventionlcsh:Environmental engineeringPhysics::Fluid DynamicsTroposphereAtmospherelawBrightness temperatureRadiosondeRadiative transferlcsh:TA170-171Water vaporPhysics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics021101 geological & geomatics engineering0105 earth and related environmental sciencesdescription
The hypothesis whether turbulence within the passive microwave sounders field of view can cause significant biases in radiative transfer modeling at the 183 GHz water vapor absorption band is tested. A novel method to calculate the effects of turbulence in radiative transfer modeling is presented. It is shown that the turbulent nature of water vapor in the atmosphere can be a critical component of radiative transfer modeling in this band. Radiative transfer simulations are performed comparing a uniform field with a turbulent one. These comparisons show frequency dependent biases which can be up to several kelvin in brightness temperature. These biases can match experimentally observed biases, such as the ones reported in Brogniez et al. (2016). Our simulations show that those biases could be explained as an effect of high-intensity turbulence in the upper troposphere. These high turbulence phenomena are common in clear air turbulence, storm or cumulus cloud situations.
year | journal | country | edition | language |
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2018-11-30 | Atmospheric Measurement Techniques |