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Radiative Flux Estimation from a Broadband Radiometer Using Synthetic Angular Models in the EarthCARE Mission Framework. Part I: Methodology

Radiative Flux Estimation from a Broadband Radiometer Using Synthetic Angular Models in the... The forthcoming broadband radiometer (BBR) on board the Earth Clouds, Aerosols, and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) will provide quasi-instantaneous top-of-atmosphere radiance measurements for three different viewing angles. The role of BBR data will be to constrain the vertical radiative flux divergence profiles derived from EarthCARE measurements. Thus, the development of an instantaneous radiance-to-flux conversion procedure is of paramount importance. This paper studies the scientific basis for determining fluxes from radiances measured by the BBR instrument. This is an attempt to evaluate a possible solution and assess its potential advantages and drawbacks. The approach considered has been to construct theoretical angular distribution models (ADMs) based on the multiangular pointing feature of this instrument. This configuration provides extra information on the anisotropy of the observed radiance field, which can be employed to construct accurate inversion schemes. The proposal relies on radiative transfer calculations performed with a Monte Carlo algorithm. Considering the intrinsic difficulty associated with addressing the range of atmospheric conditions needed to determine reliable ADMs, a synthetic database has been thoroughly constructed that considers a diverse range of surface, atmospheric, and cloud conditions that are conditioned to the EarthCARE orbit and physical constraints. Three inversion methodologies have been specifically designed for the BBR flux retrieval algorithm. In particular, an optimized classical inversion procedure in which the definition of an effective radiance leads to derive fluxes with averaged errors up to 1.2 and 5.2 W m −−2 for shortwave clear and cloudy sky and 1.5 W m −−2 for longwave radiation scenes and a linear combination of the three instantaneous radiances from which averaged errors up to 0.4 and 2.7 W m −−2 for shortwave clear and cloudy sky and 0.5 W m −−2 for longwave scenes can be obtained. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology American Meteorological Society

Radiative Flux Estimation from a Broadband Radiometer Using Synthetic Angular Models in the EarthCARE Mission Framework. Part I: Methodology

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American Meteorological Society
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Copyright © 2010 American Meteorological Society
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1558-8432
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10.1175/2010JAMC2526.1
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Abstract

The forthcoming broadband radiometer (BBR) on board the Earth Clouds, Aerosols, and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) will provide quasi-instantaneous top-of-atmosphere radiance measurements for three different viewing angles. The role of BBR data will be to constrain the vertical radiative flux divergence profiles derived from EarthCARE measurements. Thus, the development of an instantaneous radiance-to-flux conversion procedure is of paramount importance. This paper studies the scientific basis for determining fluxes from radiances measured by the BBR instrument. This is an attempt to evaluate a possible solution and assess its potential advantages and drawbacks. The approach considered has been to construct theoretical angular distribution models (ADMs) based on the multiangular pointing feature of this instrument. This configuration provides extra information on the anisotropy of the observed radiance field, which can be employed to construct accurate inversion schemes. The proposal relies on radiative transfer calculations performed with a Monte Carlo algorithm. Considering the intrinsic difficulty associated with addressing the range of atmospheric conditions needed to determine reliable ADMs, a synthetic database has been thoroughly constructed that considers a diverse range of surface, atmospheric, and cloud conditions that are conditioned to the EarthCARE orbit and physical constraints. Three inversion methodologies have been specifically designed for the BBR flux retrieval algorithm. In particular, an optimized classical inversion procedure in which the definition of an effective radiance leads to derive fluxes with averaged errors up to 1.2 and 5.2 W m −−2 for shortwave clear and cloudy sky and 1.5 W m −−2 for longwave radiation scenes and a linear combination of the three instantaneous radiances from which averaged errors up to 0.4 and 2.7 W m −−2 for shortwave clear and cloudy sky and 0.5 W m −−2 for longwave scenes can be obtained.

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Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology – American Meteorological Society

Published: Apr 1, 2010

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