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AN: A51B-0761    [Abstracts]
TI: Over Ocean Atmospheric Validation of AIRS Temperature/Moisture Profiles and Radiances
AU: * Feltz, W F
EM: wayne.feltz@ssec.wisc.edu
AF: University of Wisconsin-Madison SSEC/CIMSS, 1225 W. Dayton Rm 235, Madison, WI 53706 United States
AU: Knuteson, R O
EM: robert.knuteson@ssec.wisc.edu
AF: University of Wisconsin-Madison SSEC/CIMSS, 1225 W. Dayton Rm 235, Madison, WI 53706 United States
AU: Peter, M
EM: pminnett@rsmas.miami.edu
AF: University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149 United States
AU: Cychosz, J
EM: jacobc@ssec.wisc.edu
AF: University of Wisconsin-Madison SSEC/CIMSS, 1225 W. Dayton Rm 235, Madison, WI 53706 United States
AU: Bedka, K
EM: krisb@ssec.wisc.edu
AF: University of Wisconsin-Madison SSEC/CIMSS, 1225 W. Dayton Rm 235, Madison, WI 53706 United States
AU: Vinson, K
EM: kenv@ssec.wisc.edu
AF: University of Wisconsin-Madison SSEC/CIMSS, 1225 W. Dayton Rm 235, Madison, WI 53706 United States
AU: Lee, S
EM: szuchia.lee@ssec.wisc.edu
AF: University of Wisconsin-Madison SSEC/CIMSS, 1225 W. Dayton Rm 235, Madison, WI 53706 United States
AB: A suite of in situ and remote sensing meteorological instrumentation is in continuous operation on the commercial cruise ship Explorer of the Seas. This suite has been routinely monitoring atmospheric state and downwelling cloud cleared high-resolution radiances during concurrent Aqua satellite overpass times since Aqua launch. The instrumentation includes well calibrated research grade radiosonde launches for tropospheric temperature and moisture profiles and Marine Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (M-AERI) uplooking radiance measurements for radiance validation. The M-AERI also provides highly accurate measurement of ocean surface skin temperature and high temporal resolution planetary boundary layer retrievals of temperature and moisture. This data set is being used to validate AIRS measured upwelling radiances and derived thermodynamic profiles during Aqua overpass times. Preliminary validation results between the shipborne instrumentation and AIRS datasets will be shown for clear sky conditions from 2002 - current.
DE: 3360 Remote sensing
DE: 3394 Instruments and techniques
DE: 3300 METEOROLOGY AND ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting