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http://dx.doi.org/10.14191/Atmos.2013.23.4.453

Development of Pre-Processing and Bias Correction Modules for AMSU-A Satellite Data in the KIAPS Observation Processing System  

Lee, Sihye (Korea Institute of Atmospheric Prediction Systems (KIAPS))
Kim, Ju-Hye (Korea Institute of Atmospheric Prediction Systems (KIAPS))
Kang, Jeon-Ho (Korea Institute of Atmospheric Prediction Systems (KIAPS))
Chun, Hyoung-Wook (Korea Institute of Atmospheric Prediction Systems (KIAPS))
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Atmosphere / v.23, no.4, 2013 , pp. 453-470 More about this Journal
Abstract
As a part of the KIAPS Observation Processing System (KOPS), we have developed the modules of satellite radiance data pre-processing and quality control, which include observation operators to interpolate model state variables into radiances in observation space. AMSU-A (Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A) level-1d radiance data have been extracted using the BUFR (Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological data) decoder and a first guess has been calculated with RTTOV (Radiative Transfer for TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder) version 10.2. For initial quality checks, the pixels contaminated by large amounts of cloud liquid water, heavy precipitation, and sea ice have been removed. Channels for assimilation, rejection, or monitoring have been respectively selected for different surface types since the errors from the skin temperature are caused by inaccurate surface emissivity. Correcting the bias caused by errors in the instruments and radiative transfer model is crucial in radiance data pre-processing. We have developed bias correction modules in two steps based on 30-day innovation statistics (observed radiance minus background; O-B). The scan bias correction has been calculated individually for each channel, satellite, and scan position. Then a multiple linear regression of the scan-bias-corrected innovations with several predictors has been employed to correct the airmass bias.
Keywords
Observation processing system; satellite; AMSU-A; bias correction;
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