Remote sounding of atmospheric pressure profile from space, part 3: error estimation

Zhaoxian Zhang; Tie Lin; JunHao Chu

doi:10.1117/1.3458870

1 June 2010 Remote sounding of atmospheric pressure profile from space, part 3: error estimation

Zhaoxian Zhang, Tie Lin, JunHao Chu

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Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Vol. 4, Issue 1, 043536 (June 2010). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3458870

Abstract

By using the O₂ absorption band near 0.762 µm, remote sounding errors of surface pressure caused by 6 scientific and 9 technical factors are estimated one-by-one. Then, the remote sounding accuracy in clear field of view is estimated. If atmospheric aerosols and the bi-reflectance at the earth surface are measured accurately by means of other ways, the remote sounding accuracy for the surface pressure of 1000 hPa is 1.3-4.3 hPa in circumstances of heavy atmospheric aerosols; on the other hand, 0.9-4.7 hPa for larger surface bi-reflectance and 2.8-15 hPa for smaller surface bi-reflectance, respectively, in circumstances of lightest atmospheric aerosols.

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Zhaoxian Zhang, Tie Lin, and JunHao Chu "Remote sounding of atmospheric pressure profile from space, part 3: error estimation," Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 4(1), 043536 (1 June 2010). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3458870

Published: 1 June 2010

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