NDLI: Evaluation of Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) Environmental Data Records

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Author	Ninghai Sun Fuzhong Weng
Copyright Year	1980
Description	The Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) aboard the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-16 satellite measures the Earth-emitted radiation at frequencies from 19 to 183 GHz. Compared with the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I), SSMIS has similar imaging channels except for two at 85.5 GHz replaced by the 91.655-GHz frequency. After the Naval Research Laboratory calibration of SSMIS imager channels, the temperature data record can be utilized operationally to derive both atmospheric and surface parameters. In this paper, several products are developed from the SSM/I heritage algorithms, including total precipitable water (TPW), cloud liquid water path (LWP), snow cover, sea ice cover, rain rate, and land surface temperature (LST). Some new products are also derived from the SSMIS, such as land emissivity. The retrieved products from F-15 SSM/I and F-16 SSMIS are intercompared to quantify the mean bias and standard deviation. It is found that because of both the relatively small mean bias and standard deviation, the F-16 SSMIS products, such as TPW, cloud LWP, snow, and sea ice, may replace the SSM/I products for operational use. However, discrepancies remain in the global rainfall estimates, LST, and land emissivity produced by each sensor. This is likely due to the imperfect F-16 SSM/I-like channels to F-15 SSM/I channels' linear mapping, particularly for 91.655-GHz channels, whose frequency is shifted from 85.5 GHz in SSM/I.
Sponsorship	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society IEEE URSI
Starting Page	1006
Ending Page	1016
Page Count	11
File Size	2083864
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01962892
Volume Number	46
Issue Number	4
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2008-04-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Image sensors Microwave sensors Acoustic sensors Land surface temperature Ocean temperature Frequency Satellites Land surface Sea surface Clouds Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) Environmental data records (EDRs) microwave antennas microwave imaging retrieval Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Earth and Planetary Sciences Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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