Routine detection and mitigation of dust with AIRS

S. De Souza-Machado; L. Larrabee Strow; S. E. Hannon; H. E. Motteler

doi:10.1117/12.619548

29 August 2005 Routine detection and mitigation of dust using AIRS

S. De Souza-Machado, L. Larrabee Strow, S. E. Hannon, H. E. Motteler

Proceedings Volume 5890, Atmospheric and Environmental Remote Sensing Data Processing and Utilization: Numerical Atmospheric Prediction and Environmental Monitoring; 58900A (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.619548
Event: Optics and Photonics 2005, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) has been operating since Sept. 2002 and AIRS radiance data is being used operationally by several weather centers. A significant fraction of AIRS observations are contaminated by dust blowoff from arid areas. The almost continous spectral coverage of AIRS in both the 10-12 and 3.7 micron atmospheric windows allows excellent detection of the presence of dust. Dust signals can often survive the cloud-clearing process used in the retrieval system for AIRS, thereby contaminating the low-altitude temperature and water vapor retrieval products. We present techniques being developed to both operationally detect and mitigate the effects of dust on AIRS retrieval products.

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S. De Souza-Machado, L. Larrabee Strow, S. E. Hannon, and H. E. Motteler "Routine detection and mitigation of dust using AIRS", Proc. SPIE 5890, Atmospheric and Environmental Remote Sensing Data Processing and Utilization: Numerical Atmospheric Prediction and Environmental Monitoring, 58900A (29 August 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.619548

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