Satellite and radiosonde measurements of atmospheric humidity
This licentiate thesis is based on two papers which are related to the study ofatmospheric humidity. The first paper mainly focuses on a non linear method forretrieving atmospheric humidity from infrared sounder satellite measurements basedon fuzzy clustering which could potentially improve the retr...
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ftluleatu:oai:DiVA.org:ltu-17792 2023-05-15T17:04:17+02:00 Satellite and radiosonde measurements of atmospheric humidity Kottayil, Ajil 2012 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-17792 eng eng Luleå tekniska universitet, Rymdteknik Luleå Licentiate thesis / Luleå University of Technology, 1402-1757 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-17792 urn:isbn:978-91-7439-380-4 Local 537832ae-e320-4544-be25-4d2820f2a16f info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Aerospace Engineering Rymd- och flygteknik Licentiate thesis, comprehensive summary info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis text 2012 ftluleatu 2022-10-25T20:58:12Z This licentiate thesis is based on two papers which are related to the study ofatmospheric humidity. The first paper mainly focuses on a non linear method forretrieving atmospheric humidity from infrared sounder satellite measurements basedon fuzzy clustering which could potentially improve the retrieval accuracy. The mainaim of this study was to provide a better first guess humidity profile for physicalretrieval algorithms which can further improve retrieval accuracy. This method hasbeen compared against linear and non linear regression retrievals which are the gen-erally used methods to get the first guess profile. The results reveal that the retrievalaccuracy is better for the new method as compared to the conventional methods.Generally, the accuracy of the humidity measurements of radiosonde is poor in theupper troposphere (UT) and is worse for day time measurements due to solar heatingof the humidity sensor. Several methods have been developed to correct the humiditymeasurements of radiosondes in the UT. The second paper presents a detailed analysisof the implications of these corrections and depicts how important they are for satellitevalidation. The corrections have been applied separately for daytime and nighttimeradiosonde measurements and their effects have been quantified by comparing againstthe coinciding satellite measurements in the infrared and microwave spectral rangeused for humidity measurements. Godkänd; 2012; 20111213 (ajikot); LICENTIATSEMINARIUM Ämnesområde: Rymdteknik/Space Engineering Examinator: Professor Stefan Buehler, Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik, Luleå tekniska universitet Diskutant: Docent Patrick Eriksson, Institutionen för rymd- och geovetenskap, Chalmers tekniska högskola, Göteborg Tid: Fredag den 3 februari 2012 kl 10.00 Plats: Sal C, Rymdcampus Kiruna, Luleå tekniska universitet Master Thesis Kiruna Luleå Luleå Luleå University of Technology Publications (DiVA) Chalmers ENVELOPE(159.483,159.483,-79.333,-79.333) Kiruna |
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This licentiate thesis is based on two papers which are related to the study ofatmospheric humidity. The first paper mainly focuses on a non linear method forretrieving atmospheric humidity from infrared sounder satellite measurements basedon fuzzy clustering which could potentially improve the retrieval accuracy. The mainaim of this study was to provide a better first guess humidity profile for physicalretrieval algorithms which can further improve retrieval accuracy. This method hasbeen compared against linear and non linear regression retrievals which are the gen-erally used methods to get the first guess profile. The results reveal that the retrievalaccuracy is better for the new method as compared to the conventional methods.Generally, the accuracy of the humidity measurements of radiosonde is poor in theupper troposphere (UT) and is worse for day time measurements due to solar heatingof the humidity sensor. Several methods have been developed to correct the humiditymeasurements of radiosondes in the UT. The second paper presents a detailed analysisof the implications of these corrections and depicts how important they are for satellitevalidation. The corrections have been applied separately for daytime and nighttimeradiosonde measurements and their effects have been quantified by comparing againstthe coinciding satellite measurements in the infrared and microwave spectral rangeused for humidity measurements. Godkänd; 2012; 20111213 (ajikot); LICENTIATSEMINARIUM Ämnesområde: Rymdteknik/Space Engineering Examinator: Professor Stefan Buehler, Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik, Luleå tekniska universitet Diskutant: Docent Patrick Eriksson, Institutionen för rymd- och geovetenskap, Chalmers tekniska högskola, Göteborg Tid: Fredag den 3 februari 2012 kl 10.00 Plats: Sal C, Rymdcampus Kiruna, Luleå tekniska universitet |
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Satellite and radiosonde measurements of atmospheric humidity |
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