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Title: Arctic Surface Properties and Their Impact on Microwave Satellite Water Vapor Column Retrievals.
Authors: Perro, Christopher1 christopher.perro@gmail.com, Duck, Thomas J.1 tduck@dal.ca, Lesins, Glen1 glen.lesins@dal.ca, Strong, Kimberly2 strong@atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca, Drummond, James R.1 james.drummond@dal.ca
Source: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience & Remote Sensing. Dec2020, Vol. 58 Issue 12, p8332-8344. 13p.
Subjects: Water vapor, Surface properties, Sea ice, Microwaves, Microwave measurements, Microsoft Surface, Emissivity
Abstract: Wintertime Arctic surface emissivities are retrieved from Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) passive microwave measurements at 88.2, 165.5, and 183.31 GHz. Surface emitting layer temperatures are simultaneously retrieved at 183.31 GHz. Random errors in emissivities are estimated to be 2.0%, 2.0%, and 3.5% at 88.2, 165.5, and 183.31 GHz, respectively, and the random errors in surface emitting layer temperatures are 4.3 K. A series of tests on the retrieved products reveal that land and sea ice are Lambertian reflectors and ocean is a specular reflector. The retrieved emissivities show broad agreement with products from published databases, with differences partly due to the uncertainties in surface emitting layer temperatures. The geographical distribution of 165.5/183.31 GHz surface reflectance ratios over land and sea ice, which is important for the retrieval of microwave satellite water vapor column (WVC), is presented. Neglecting the geographical variations leads to random errors in retrieved wintertime Arctic WVCs of approximately 1.8% and 25% in the mid (1.5 – 9 kgm−2) and extended (8 – 15 kgm−2) slant column retrieval regimes, respectively. Choosing specular instead of Lambertian reflection in the surface emissivity retrievals over land and sea ice causes systematic WVC retrieval errors of up to −4.1%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:Wintertime Arctic surface emissivities are retrieved from Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) passive microwave measurements at 88.2, 165.5, and 183.31 GHz. Surface emitting layer temperatures are simultaneously retrieved at 183.31 GHz. Random errors in emissivities are estimated to be 2.0%, 2.0%, and 3.5% at 88.2, 165.5, and 183.31 GHz, respectively, and the random errors in surface emitting layer temperatures are 4.3 K. A series of tests on the retrieved products reveal that land and sea ice are Lambertian reflectors and ocean is a specular reflector. The retrieved emissivities show broad agreement with products from published databases, with differences partly due to the uncertainties in surface emitting layer temperatures. The geographical distribution of 165.5/183.31 GHz surface reflectance ratios over land and sea ice, which is important for the retrieval of microwave satellite water vapor column (WVC), is presented. Neglecting the geographical variations leads to random errors in retrieved wintertime Arctic WVCs of approximately 1.8% and 25% in the mid (1.5 – 9 kgm−2) and extended (8 – 15 kgm−2) slant column retrieval regimes, respectively. Choosing specular instead of Lambertian reflection in the surface emissivity retrievals over land and sea ice causes systematic WVC retrieval errors of up to −4.1%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:01962892
DOI:10.1109/TGRS.2020.2986302