A rapid atmospheric correction model for L-band microwave radiometer under the cloudless condition

Du Yan-Lei; Ma Wen-Tao; Yang Xiao-Feng; Liu Gui-Hong; Yu Yang; Li Zi-Wei

doi:10.7498/aps.64.079501

Abstract

Atmospheric correction is very important to the accurate retrieval of geophysical parameters from spaceborne L-band radiometers. In this paper, the L-band upwelling and downwelling radiation brightness temperature and transmittance above sea surface are calculated using the atmospheric radiation transfer model based on NCEP temperature and humidity profile data. A regression model, i.e., radiation-vapor model, is established to describe the relationship between the three atmospheric radiation parameters and the atmospheric water vapor content as well as the sea surface pressure. Using this model, the atmospheric radiation parameters can be calculated and used to correct the atmospheric effects in L-band microwave radiometer observation. In order to test the proposed model, the atmospheric radiation parameters are calculated by this model and compared with the SSM/I water vapor content data and the NCEP surface pressure data. Finally, the model outputs are compared with the Aquarius satellite data. Results indicate that the radiation brightness temperature calculated by the proposed model is lower than the Aquarius data about 0.335 K and the root-mean-square error between them is about 0.086 K after correcting the systematic errors. The atmospheric transmittance calculated by the proposed model agrees well with the Aquarius data. Besides, the proposed model uses fewer input data and is faster and more stable than other existing models.

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Authors and contacts

1.
State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100101, China;
2.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Funds: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41371355).

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Cited By

[1]	Bettenhausen M H, Smith C K, Bevilacqua R M, Wang N Y, Gaiser P W, Cox S K 2006 IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing 44 597
[2]	Yueh S H, West R, Wilson W J, Li F K, Njoku E G, Rahmat-Samii Y 2001 IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing 39 1049
[3]	Skou N, Hoffman-Bang D 2005 IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing 43 2210
[4]	Camps A, Font J, Mercè V, Gabarro Ć, Corbella I, Duffo N, Torres F, Blanch S, Aguasca A, Villarino R, Enrique L, Miranda J J, Arenas J J, Julia à, Etcheto J, Caselles V, Weill A, Boutin J, Contardo S, Niclós R, Rivas R, Reising S C, Wursteisen P, Berger M, Martín-Neira M 2004 IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing 42 804
[5]	Wentz F J, Spencer R W 1998 J. Atmos. Sci. 55 1613
[6]	Meissner T, Wentz F J 2009 IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing 47 3065
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[13]	Fuhrhop R, Grenfell T C, Heygster G, Johnsen K P, Schlssel P, Schrader M, Simmer C 1998 Radio Sci. 33 303
[14]	Wang Y Q, Shi J C, Liu Z H, Peng Y J, Liu W J 2013 itScience China Earth Sciences 56 93
[15]	Wang Y Q, Feng W L, Shi J C, Qiu Y B, Liu Z H 2014 J. Infrared Millim. Waves 33 192 (in Chinese) [王永前, 冯文兰, 施建成, 邱玉宝, 刘志红 2014 红外与毫米波学报 33 192]
[16]	Shi J K, Lu W, Yan W, Ai W H 2013 Acta Phys. Sin. 62 078402 (in Chinese) [施健康, 陆文, 严卫, 艾未华 2013 物理学报 62 078402]
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[18]	Yan W, Lu W, Shi J K, Ren J Q, Wang R 2011 Acta Phys. Sin. 60 099401 (in Chinese) [严卫, 陆文, 施健康, 任建奇, 王蕊 2011 物理学报 60 099401]
[19]	Zu X Y, Zhou J 2012 Chin. Phys. B 21 019501
[20]	Liu Y, Peng Q Z, Shao H Z, Peng Q H, Wang L 2013 Acta Phys. Sin. 62 078406 (in Chinese) [刘允, 彭启琮, 邵怀宗, 彭启航, 王玲 2013 物理学报 62 078406]
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[24]	Seelye M (translated by Jiang X W) 2008 An Introduction to Ocean Remote Sensing (Beijing: Ocean Press) pp86-99 (in Chinese) [西利 M著 (蒋兴伟译) 2008 海洋遥感导论 (北京: 海洋出版社) 第86–99页]
[25]	Yueh S H, Tang W Q, Fore A G, Neumann G, Hayashi A, Freedman A, Chaubell J, Lagerloef G S E 2013 IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing 51 4619

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