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Eaquate: an international experiment for hyper-spectral atmospheric sounding validation
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Restieri, R. Pisani, G. Larar, A. Antonelli, P. Mona, L. Grieco, G. Rizzi, R. Pappalardo, G. Amodeo, A. Taylor, J. P. Maestri, T. DiGirolamo, P. Serio, C. Pavese, G. Smith, W. Summa, D. Zhou, D. Newman, S. Masiello, G. Mango, S. Esposito, F. Romano, F. Cuomo, V. |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Description | The international experiment called EAQUATE (European AQUA Thermodynamic Experiment) was held in September 2004 in Italy and the United Kingdom to demonstrate certain ground-based and airborne systems useful for validating hyperspectral satellite sounding observations. A range of flights over land and marine surfaces were conducted to coincide with overpasses of the AIRS instrument on the EOS Aqua platform. Direct radiance evaluation of AIRS using NAST-I and SHIS has shown excellent agreement. Comparisons of level 2 retrievals of temperature and water vapor from AIRS and NAST-I validated against high quality lidar and drop sonde data show that the 1K/1km and 10%/1km requirements for temperature and water vapor (respectively) are generally being met. The EAQUATE campaign has proven the need for synergistic measurements from a range of observing systems for satellite cal/val and has paved the way for future cal/val activities in support of IASI on the European Metop platform and CrIS on the US NPP/NPOESS platform. |
| File Size | 10902937 |
| Page Count | 41 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20080024204 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8gf5sd2k |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2008-02-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Earth Resources And Remote Sensing Temperature Measurement In Situ Measurement Thermodynamics Aqua Spacecraft Sondes Earth Observing System Eos Satellite Sounding Atmospheric Sounding Water Vapor Optical Radar Interferometers Land Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
