Retrieval of atmospheric sulfur dioxide and nitric acid using the atmospheric infrared sounder (AIRS)

Scott Hannon; L. Larrabee Strow

doi:10.1117/12.723408

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7 May 2007 Retrieval of atmospheric sulfur dioxide and nitric acid using the atmospheric infrared sounder (AIRS)

Scott Hannon, L. Larrabee Strow

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Proceedings Volume 6565, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XIII; 65651K (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.723408
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2007, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) flying on NASA's EOS-AQUA platform has channels sensitive to both sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitric acid (HNO3). We have developed a simple regression retrieval for both of these gases that illustrates the potential for AIRS, and other hyperspectral sounders, to retrieve these two gases. We have cross-validated the SO2 retrievals to those from the OMI instrument flying on the EOS AURA platform. Similarly, we have cross-validated the HNO3 retrievals with limb retrievals of HNO3 by from MLS instrument, also flying on the AURA platform.

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Scott Hannon and L. Larrabee Strow "Retrieval of atmospheric sulfur dioxide and nitric acid using the atmospheric infrared sounder (AIRS)", Proc. SPIE 6565, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XIII, 65651K (7 May 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.723408

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