Retrieving Temperature and Moisture Profiles from AERI Radiance Observations. AERIPROF Value-Added Product Technical Description [electronic resource].

Published:: Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Science, 2007.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy
Physical Description:: 35 pages : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.), United States. Department of Energy. Office of Science, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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Summary:

One of the goals of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program is to collect a long-term series of radiative and atmospheric state observations to improve the parameterization of these processes in global climate models. The ARM Program intended to move away from the traditional approach of directly measuring profiles of temperature and moisture using radiosondes, which is expensive in terms of expendables and manpower, and develop methods to retrieve these profiles with ground-based remote sensors. The atmospheric emitted radiance interferometer (AERI), whose radiance data contains information on the vertical distribution of water vapor and temperature, is an integral part of the ARM profiling plan.

Report Numbers:

E 1.99:doe/sc--arm/tr-066.1
doe/sc--arm/tr-066.1

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Environmental Sciences

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Published through SciTech Connect.
04/01/2007.
"doe/sc--arm/tr-066.1"
Feltz, W.; Howell, H.; Knuteson, R.; Comstock, J.; Mahon, R.; Turner, D.; Smith, W.; Woolf, H.; Sivaraman, C.; Halter, T.

Funding Information:

AC05-7601830

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