Analytic evaluation of the weighting functions for remote sensing of blackbody planetary atmospheres: a general linearization approach |
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Authors: | Eugene A. Ustinov |
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Affiliation: | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Earth and Space Science Division, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 169-237, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, USA |
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Abstract: | An analytic approach is proposed for the evaluation of weighting functions for remote sensing of a blackbody planetary atmosphere based on straightforward, general linearization. In the present paper, this approach is applied to the case of remote sensing with the nadir (down-looking) geometry. Expressions for weighting functions for various atmospheric parameters are derived. It is demonstrated that in a realistic case of temperature-dependent atmospheric absorption, an additional term appears in the expression for the temperature weighting function which contains the temperature derivative of the atmospheric absorption coefficient. The approach is applied to the case of a semi-infinite atmosphere and then, to the atmosphere of a finite optical depth with the underlying surface. In this, latter case, the expressions are also obtained for partial derivatives of observed radiances with respect to surface parameters: surface pressure, temperature and emissivity. |
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Keywords: | Radiative transfer Remote sensing Weighting functions |
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