Three dimensional analysis of the atmospheric structure by vertical satellite sounding. Interest for weather forecasting
Abstract
The data transmitted by the Tiros-N operational vertical sounder onboard the polar orbit NOAA platform are analyzed. The atmospheric parameters are obtained using the Earth and the atmosphere radiation measured with the satellite radiometers by inversion of the radiation transfer equation. A fast calculation method to obtain the radiant energy from the temperature and moisture vertical profiles is described. Possible applications are discussed.
- Publication:
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Ph.D. Thesis
- Pub Date:
- 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988PhDT.........7F
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Models;
- Atmospheric Sounding;
- Satellite Sounding;
- Tiros Satellites;
- Atmospheric Moisture;
- Atmospheric Radiation;
- Atmospheric Temperature;
- Data Processing;
- Geophysics