Introducing multisensor satellite radiance-based evaluation for regional Earth System modeling
| Autor: | Miho Sekiguchi, David Oc. Starr, Jainn J. Shi, Filipe Aires, Eric M. Kemp, Toshihisa Matsui, Christa D. Peters-Lidard, Joseph A. Santanello, Dong L. Wu, W.-K. Tao, Mian Chin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Atmospheric Science
Meteorology Backscatter Weather forecasting Cloud physics computer.software_genre law.invention Geophysics Lidar Space and Planetary Science law Weather Research and Forecasting Model Brightness temperature Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Radiance Radar computer Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics Remote sensing |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 119:8450-8475 |
| ISSN: | 2169-897X |
| DOI: | 10.1002/2013jd021424 |
| Popis: | Earth System modeling has become more complex, and its evaluation using satellite data has also become more difficult due to model and data diversity. Therefore, the fundamental methodology of using satellite direct measurements with instrumental simulators should be addressed especially for modeling community members lacking a solid background of radiative transfer and scattering theory. This manuscript introduces principles of multisatellite, multisensor radiance-based evaluation methods for a fully coupled regional Earth System model: NASA-Unified Weather Research and Forecasting (NU-WRF) model. We use a NU-WRF case study simulation over West Africa as an example of evaluating aerosol-cloud-precipitation-land processes with various satellite observations. NU-WRF-simulated geophysical parameters are converted to the satellite-observable raw radiance and backscatter under nearly consistent physics assumptions via the multisensor satellite simulator, the Goddard Satellite Data Simulator Unit. We present varied examples of simple yet robust methods that characterize forecast errors and model physics biases through the spatial and statistical interpretation of various satellite raw signals: infrared brightness temperature (Tb) for surface skin temperature and cloud top temperature, microwave Tb for precipitation ice and surface flooding, and radar and lidar backscatter for aerosol-cloud profiling simultaneously. Because raw satellite signals integrate many sources of geophysical information, we demonstrate user-defined thresholds and a simple statistical process to facilitate evaluations, including the infrared-microwave-based cloud types and lidar/radar-based profile classifications. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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