Atmospheric Spectroscopy Lab UMBC

Clear Scenes for 2016 CrIS Algorithm Testing

Mon, Mar 14, 2016 L. Larrabee Strow

1 January 18, 2016

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Figure 1: January 18 clear scene histogram map
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Figure 2: January 18 clear scene histogram map: Zoom
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Figure 3: January 18 clear scene 1231 cm-1 bias.
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Figure 4: January 18 clear scene SST's.
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Figure 5: January 18 bias spectra versus ECMWF. (Sinc ILS).

2 January 19, 2016

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Figure 6: January 19 clear scene histogram map
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Figure 7: January 19 clear scene SST's.
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Figure 8: January 19 bias spectra versus ECMWF. (Sinc ILS).

3 January 20, 2016

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Figure 9: January 20 clear scene histogram map
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Figure 10: January 20 clear scene histogram map
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Figure 11: January 20 clear scene SST's.
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Figure 12: January 20 bias spectra versus ECMWF. (Sinc ILS).
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Figure 13: January 20 overlay oof all 9 FOV bias spectra

4 RDR File Names

The following RDR files contained the spectra discussed above: 

RCRIS-RNSCA_npp_d20160118_t0345047_e0353047_b21888_c20160118095319711745_noaa_ops.h5
RCRIS-RNSCA_npp_d20160119_t0328567_e0336567_b21902_c20160119093720195109_noaa_ops.h5
RCRIS-RNSCA_npp_d20160120_t0304487_e0312487_b21916_c20160120050804438099_noaa_ops.h5