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Title: Evaluating the design of an earth radiation budget instrument with system simulations. Part 2: Minimization of instantaneous sampling errors for CERES-I

Abstract

Much of the new record of broadband earth radiation budget satellite measurements to be obtained during the late 1990s and early twenty-first century will come from the dual-radiometer Clouds and Earth`s Radiant Energy System Instrument (CERES-I) flown aboard sun-synchronous polar orbiters. Simulation studies conducted in this work for an early afternoon satellite orbit indicate that spatial root-mean-square (rms) sampling errors of instantaneous CERES-I shortwave flux estimates will range from about 8.5 to 14.0 W/m on a 2.5 deg latitude and longitude grid resolution. Rms errors in longwave flux estimates are only about 20% as large and range from 1.5 to 3.5 W/sq m. These results are based on an optimal cross-track scanner design that includes 50% footprint overlap to eliminate gaps in the top-of-the-atmosphere coverage, and a `smallest` footprint size to increase the ratio in the number of observations lying within to the number of observations lying on grid area boundaries. Total instantaneous measurement error also depends on the variability of anisotropic reflectance and emission patterns and on retrieval methods used to generate target area fluxes. Three retrieval procedures from both CERES-I scanners (cross-track and rotating azimuth plane) are used.

Authors:
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  1. NOAA, Washington, DC (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
45904
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 5; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 14 SOLAR ENERGY; EARTH PLANET; ENERGY BUDGETS; AERIAL MONITORING; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA ANALYSIS; HEAT FLUX; REMOTE SENSING

Citation Formats

Stowe, L, Hucek, R, Ardanuy, P, Joyce, R, and Research and Data Systems Corporation, Greenbelt, MD. Evaluating the design of an earth radiation budget instrument with system simulations. Part 2: Minimization of instantaneous sampling errors for CERES-I. United States: N. p., 1994. Web. doi:10.1175/1520-0426(1994)011<1169:ETDOAE>2.0.CO;2.
Stowe, L, Hucek, R, Ardanuy, P, Joyce, R, & Research and Data Systems Corporation, Greenbelt, MD. Evaluating the design of an earth radiation budget instrument with system simulations. Part 2: Minimization of instantaneous sampling errors for CERES-I. United States. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(1994)011<1169:ETDOAE>2.0.CO;2
Stowe, L, Hucek, R, Ardanuy, P, Joyce, R, and Research and Data Systems Corporation, Greenbelt, MD. 1994. "Evaluating the design of an earth radiation budget instrument with system simulations. Part 2: Minimization of instantaneous sampling errors for CERES-I". United States. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(1994)011<1169:ETDOAE>2.0.CO;2.
@article{osti_45904,
title = {Evaluating the design of an earth radiation budget instrument with system simulations. Part 2: Minimization of instantaneous sampling errors for CERES-I},
author = {Stowe, L and Hucek, R and Ardanuy, P and Joyce, R and Research and Data Systems Corporation, Greenbelt, MD},
abstractNote = {Much of the new record of broadband earth radiation budget satellite measurements to be obtained during the late 1990s and early twenty-first century will come from the dual-radiometer Clouds and Earth`s Radiant Energy System Instrument (CERES-I) flown aboard sun-synchronous polar orbiters. Simulation studies conducted in this work for an early afternoon satellite orbit indicate that spatial root-mean-square (rms) sampling errors of instantaneous CERES-I shortwave flux estimates will range from about 8.5 to 14.0 W/m on a 2.5 deg latitude and longitude grid resolution. Rms errors in longwave flux estimates are only about 20% as large and range from 1.5 to 3.5 W/sq m. These results are based on an optimal cross-track scanner design that includes 50% footprint overlap to eliminate gaps in the top-of-the-atmosphere coverage, and a `smallest` footprint size to increase the ratio in the number of observations lying within to the number of observations lying on grid area boundaries. Total instantaneous measurement error also depends on the variability of anisotropic reflectance and emission patterns and on retrieval methods used to generate target area fluxes. Three retrieval procedures from both CERES-I scanners (cross-track and rotating azimuth plane) are used.},
doi = {10.1175/1520-0426(1994)011<1169:ETDOAE>2.0.CO;2},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/45904}, journal = {Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology},
number = 5,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994},
month = {Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994}
}