Study of hyperspectral IR atmospheric sounding with an accurate forward model

Peng Zhang; Pascal Brunel; Chaohua Dong; Deming Jiang

doi:10.1117/12.573056

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20 January 2005 Study of hyperspectral IR atmospheric sounding with an accurate forward model

Peng Zhang, Pascal Brunel, Chaohua Dong, Deming Jiang

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Proceedings Volume 5655, Multispectral and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Instruments and Applications II; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.573056
Event: Fourth International Asia-Pacific Environmental Remote Sensing Symposium 2004: Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Ocean, Environment, and Space, 2004, Honolulu, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

With a fast yet accurate infrared radiation transfer model KCARTA, transmittance, radiance and brightness temperature spectra of top of atmosphere (TOA) over thermal infrared region (605-2805cm-1) was simulated. In simulation, the effects of different spectral resolution, response function shape, spectral calibration accuracy, propagation path and surface emissivity were taken into account. The results from forward calculations show: 1) Improvement of spectral resolution changes the probability of present brightness temperature so that more brightness temperature can be observed. Increased observed brightness temperature guarantee atmospheric sounding with better vertical resolution. 2) A small change in response function, spectral calibration, propagation path or surface emissivity will lead in much larger difference on observed brightness temperature for hyperspectral sounding than for low spectral resolution sounding. Therefore, hyperspectral sensor requires more sensitive SNR. Otherwise, the improvement of sounding will be limited. Results here can be taken as a reference in designing future hyperspectral IR sounder and retrieval algorithm.

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Peng Zhang, Pascal Brunel, Chaohua Dong, and Deming Jiang "Study of hyperspectral IR atmospheric sounding with an accurate forward model", Proc. SPIE 5655, Multispectral and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Instruments and Applications II, (20 January 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.573056

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