First Release of the Optimal Cloud Analysis Climate Data Record from the EUMETSAT SEVIRI Measurements 2004–2019

Autor: Alessio Bozzo, Marie Doutriaux-Boucher, John Jackson, Loredana Spezzi, Alessio Lattanzio, Philip D. Watts

Publikováno v: Remote Sensing, Vol 16, Iss 16, p 2989 (2024)

Clouds are key to understanding the atmosphere and climate, and a long series of satellite observations provide invaluable information to study their properties. EUMETSAT has published Release 1 of the Optimal Cloud Analysis (OCA) Climate Data Record

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Estimating atmospheric CO2from advanced infrared satellite radiances within an operational 4D-Var data assimilation system: Methodology and first results

Autor: A. P. McNally, Jean-Noël Thépaut, Erik Andersson, Richard Engelen, Frédéric Chevallier, Marco Matricardi, Philip D. Watts, Anthony Hollingsworth

Publikováno v: Journal of Geophysical Research
Journal of Geophysical Research, American Geophysical Union, 2004, 109 (D19), ⟨10.1029/2004JD004777⟩
Journal of Geophysical Research, 2004, 109 (D19), ⟨10.1029/2004JD004777⟩

[1] Atmospheric CO2 concentrations have been obtained from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) radiance data within the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts data assimilation system. A subset of channels from the AIRS instrument on

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https://doi.org/10.1029/2004jd004777

Interpretation of ATSR-2 measurements of cirrus clouds using phase functions of imperfect hexagonal ice crystals

Autor: Wouter H. Knap, Philip D. Watts, Piet Stammes, Robert B. A. Koelemeijer, Michael Hess

Publikováno v: SPIE Proceedings.

Along Track Scanning Radiometer-2 (ATSR-2) measurement made over tropical cirrus clouds are analyzed on the basis of radiative transfer calculations for clouds consisting of hexagonal ice crystals. Single scattering properties are calculated using th

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https://doi.org/10.1117/12.332669

Potential uses of along-track scanning radiometer data for cloud parameter retrieval

Autor: Philip D. Watts

Publikováno v: SPIE Proceedings.

The ATSR-1 is an infrared radiometer designed principally to measure sea surface temperature from space to an unprecedented accuracy (

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https://doi.org/10.1117/12.228947