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11 September 2017 Fusion of satellite-based imager and sounder data to construct supplementary high spatial resolution narrowband IR radiances
Elisabeth Weisz, Bryan A. Baum, W. Paul Menzel
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Abstract
Polar-orbiting weather satellite platforms generally include an imager and a sounder.With a data fusion method that uses these sensors, we demonstrate the ability to construct infrared(IR)absorption narrowband radiances at imager resolution. While a sensor such as MODIShas multiple IR absorption bands, the current visible infrared imaging radiometer suite (VIIRS)imager has only IR window bands. We show fusion results for IR radiances at 4.52 μm (CO2), 6.72 μm (H2O), and 13.94 μm (CO2) by comparing MODIS observed and constructed radiances for these bands. Both regional and global results are analyzed, with radiance differences tending to be fairly low and unbiased. Similar bands are constructed from VIIRS and CrIS data, with regional and global results shown.With this approach, it will be possible to improve continuity in derived cloud products over the generations of polar-orbiting weather satellite sensors and continue applications that require IR absorption bands.
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Elisabeth Weisz, Bryan A. Baum, and W. Paul Menzel "Fusion of satellite-based imager and sounder data to construct supplementary high spatial resolution narrowband IR radiances," Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 11(3), 036022 (11 September 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.11.036022
Received: 8 June 2017; Accepted: 17 August 2017; Published: 11 September 2017
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KEYWORDS
Imaging systems

MODIS

Infrared imaging

Spatial resolution

Clouds

Satellites

Data fusion

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