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NASA NTRS · 19830005439

The GLAS physical inversion method for analysis of HIRS2/MSU sounding data

Abstract

Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences has developed a method to derive atmospheric temperature profiles, sea or land surface temperatures, sea ice extent and snow cover, and cloud heights and fractional cloud, from HIRS2/MSU radiance data. Chapter 1 describes the physics used in the radiative transfer calculations and demonstrates the accuracy of the calculations. Chapter 2 describes the rapid transmittance algorithm used and demonstrates its accuracy. Chapter 3 describes the theory and application of the techniques used to analyze the satellite data. Chapter 4 shows results obtained for January 1979.

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Susskind, J., Rosenfield, J., Reuter, D., Chahine, M. T.. 1982-11-01. The GLAS physical inversion method for analysis of HIRS2/MSU sounding data. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19830005439

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