Assessment of the Near Real-Time Validation for the AQUA Satellite Level-2 Observation Products

  • Yang Min-Sil (Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)) ;
  • Lee Jeongsoon (Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)) ;
  • Lee Chol (Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)) ;
  • Park Jong-Seo (Remote Sensing Division, Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA)) ;
  • Kim Hee-Ah (Remote Sensing Division, Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA))
  • 발행 : 2004.10.01

초록

We developed a Near Real-Time Validation System (NRVS) for the Level-2 Products of AQUA Satellite. AQUA satellite is the second largest project of Earth Observing System (EOS) mission of NASA. This satellite provides the information of water cycle of the entire earth with many different forms. Among its products, we have used five kinds of level-2 geophysical parameters containing rain rate, sea surface wind speed, skin surface temperature, atmospheric temperature profile, and atmospheric humidity profile. To use these products in a scientific purpose, reasonable quantification is indispensable. In this paper we explain the near real-time validation system process and its detail algorithm. Its simulation results are also analyzed in a quantitative way. As reference data set in-situ measured meteorological data which are periodically gathered and provided by the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) is processed. Not only site-specific analysis but also time-series analysis of the validation results are explained and detail algorithms are described.

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