High Spectral Resolution Infrared Remote Sensing for Earth’s Weather and Climate Studies

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Review of future programs from 1994 (ATOVS) to the EOS era

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Historical Background for IASI

      • Bizzarro Bizzarri

      Pages 3-7

   3. IASI Infrared Interferometer for Operations and Research

      • F-R. Cayla

      Pages 9-19

   4. Requirements for an Operational Interferometer Thermal Sounder

      • Marilena Perrone

      Pages 21-36

   5. Development of a FTIR Sounder — IMG

      • Haruhisa Shimoda, Toshihiro Ogawa

      Pages 37-59

3. Next generation IR sounders : temperature and moisture analysis

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61

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   2. The “Advanced-3I (Improved Initialization Inversion)” Method for the Processing of Next Generation Sounder Observations

      • A. Chédin, N. A. Scott, F. Chéruy, B. Tournier

      Pages 63-83

   3. Extraction of Atmospheric Signals from Radiance Measurements: Some Limitations

      • M. J. Uddstrom, L. M. McMillin

      Pages 85-99

   4. GLA and LMD Approaches to the Processing of AIRS and IASI Observations

      • F. Cheruy, J. Susskind, N. A. Scott, A. Chedin, J. Joiner

      Pages 101-112

   5. The Impact of the Initial Guess on the Accuracy of Satellite Retrievals

      • Larry M. McMillin, Michael J. Uddstrom

      Pages 113-130

   6. Vertical Sounding Capabilities With High Spectral Resolution Atmospheric Radiation Measurements-A Demonstration with the High resolution Interferometer Sounder (HIS)

      • W. L. Smith, H. E. Revercomb, H.-L. Huang, R. O. Knuteson

      Pages 131-146

4. Next generation IR sounders and cloud field analysis

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147

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   2. Determination of Temperature and Moisture Profiles in a Cloudy Atmosphere Using AIRS/AMSU

      • Joel Susskind, Joanna Joiner, Moustafa T. Chahine

      Pages 149-161

   3. Topics in Optimal Inversion Schemes Applied to Atmospheric Structure Retrieval

      • V. Cuomo, U. Amato, R. Rizzi, C. Serio, V. Tramutoli

      Pages 163-174

   4. Retrieval of Cloud Parameters by Multiple High Spectral Resolution Observations in the Near-Infrared Under Conditions of Varying Solar Illumination

      • Thomas J. Kleespies

      Pages 175-189

   5. Spectral Variability of Light Scattering by Atmospheric Ice Crystals

      • Andreas Macke

      Pages 191-204

   6. Detection of Polar Stratospheric Clouds with Next Generation IR Sounders

      • R. Meerkoetter

      Pages 205-213

   7. Problems in Cloud Identification and Clearing

      • R. Rizzi, C. Serio, V. Cuomo

      Pages 215-228

   8. The Potential of Medium-Resolution Spectral Infrared Measurements for High Cloud Studies

      • D. Spänkuch

      Pages 229-241

One of major challenges facing Earth's science in the next decade and beyondis the development of an accurate long term observational data set to study global change. To accomplish this, a wide range of observations will be required to provide both new measurements, not previously achievable and measurements with a greater degreee of accuracy and resolution than the ones which are presently and currently available. Among the parameters that are currently retrieved from satellite vertical sounding observations, temperature and moisture profiles are the most important for the description of the thermodynamic state of the medium. Other parameters, like those describing the cloud fields, the surface state or the conditions close to the surface are also key parameters for meteorology and climatology. A new generation of high spectral atmospheric sounders in the infrared has recently been designed to provide both new and more accurate data about the atmosphere, land and oceans for application to climate studies. Among the important observations that these instruments should contribute to the climate data set are day and night global measurements of: atmospheric temperature profiles; relative humidity profiles; cloud field parameters; total ozone burden of the atmosphere; distribution of minor atmospehric gases (methane, carbonmonoxide and nitrous oxide).

• Climate
• Climatology
• Cloud
• Fernerkundung
• Infrared
• Infrarot
• Klima
• Meteorology
• Remote Sensing
• Weather
• Wetter
• moisture
• satellite
• temperature
• air pollution and air quality

• Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique du CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau Cedex, France

  Alain Chedin

• Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, USA

  Moustafa T. Chahine

• Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau Cedex, France

  Noëlle A. Scott

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