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AMSU Bias Adjustments Larry McMillin Jiang Zhao Climate Research and Applications Division National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service Washington, D.C. Larry.McMillin@noaa.gov L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA Why


  1. AMSU Bias Adjustments Larry McMillin Jiang Zhao Climate Research and Applications Division National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service Washington, D.C. Larry.McMillin@noaa.gov L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  2. Why Adjustments are necessary • Retrieval systems use the difference between measured radiance and those calculated from a known state to determine changes to the state to make the radiance values agree • Biases in the difference lead directly to biases in the retrieval • Two factors are required to know the bias – (1) The out of field response – (2) The out of field radiation sources • (1) is measured before launch, but (2) is generally unknown • All retrieval systems use some sort of empirical adjustment L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  3. Possible Error Sources • In general – A fraction of the radiation is removed – Some Radiation is added • Added radiation can be emitted from – The earth, but outside the main lobe – Space – The spacecraft • Emitted from the spacecraft • Reflected from the spacecraft • Electronics • Any solution should be general enough to include these L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  4. Procedures for Bias Adjustment • (1) Screen for cloud effects (local consistency with 4.0 for land and 3.75 for sea) • (2) Equalize the sample sizes – Find the spot with the smallest sample – For each profile, find the closest matching profile in all the other spots (use the minimum value of the maximum difference) • Calculate radiances • Subtract to get the measured – calculated difference • Predict the difference from – The radiance values – The spot number - doesn’t do anything now – The sine and cosine of the latitude (proxy for orbital position) L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  5. Prediction Models Tried • Constant value only • Constant plus channel itself as a single predictor • Constant plus all predictors • The first two were close in accuracy • The last was significantly more accurate L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  6. RMS summary for channels 5 - 14 • The following slides show the RMS summaries for channels 5 – 14 • The full regression is more accurate L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  7. Color Order --- channel 1 blue --- channel 2 green --- channel 3 red --- channel 4 cyan - not red --- channel 5 magenta - not green --- channel 6 yellow - not blue --- channel 7 gold --- channel 8 aqua --- channel 9 violet --- channel 10 olive green L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  8. RMS (k) for Land - 18 Predictors (Channels 5 – 14) L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  9. RMS (K) Land – Mean + Channel (channels 5 – 14) L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  10. RMS (K) Land – Mean Subtracted (channels 5 – 14) L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  11. RMS (K) for Sea – 18 Predictors (Channels 5 – 14) L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  12. RMS (K) Sea – Mean + Channel (channels 5 - 13) L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  13. RMS (K) Sea – Mean only + Channel (Channels 5 – 14) L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  14. RMS (K) Sea – Mean Only (Channels 5 – 14) L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  15. • The following slides show the RMS values by channel • 1 slide per channel • The colors show sample days – March cases are unique for the higher peaking channels • 1st 15 are land • 2 nd 15 are sea L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  16. Days in the sample • 1 - 01/02/2003 blue • 2 - 05/27/2003 green • 3 - 10/18/2003 red • 4 - 12/05/2003 cyan • 5 - 01/22/2004 magenta • 6 - 03/10/2004 yellow • 7 - 08/01/2004 gold • 8 - 09/18/2004 aqua L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  17. RMS (K) Channel 1 Land L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  18. RMS (K) Channel 2 Land L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  19. RMS (K) Channel 3 Land L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  20. RMS (K) Channel 4 Land L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  21. RMS (K) Channel 5 Land L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  22. RMS (K) Channel 6 Land L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  23. RMS (K) Channel 7 Land L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  24. RMS (K) Channel 8 Land L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  25. RMS (K) Channel 9 Land L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  26. RMS (K) Channel 10 Land L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  27. RMS (K) Channel 11 Land L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  28. RMS (K) Channel 12 Land L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  29. RMS (K) Channel 13 Land L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  30. RMS (K) Channel 14 Land L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  31. RMS (K) Channel 15 Land L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  32. RMS (K) Channel 1 Sea L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  33. RMS (K) Channel 2 Sea L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  34. RMS (K) Channel 3 Sea L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  35. RMS (K) Channel 4 Sea L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  36. RMS (K) Channel 5 Sea L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  37. RMS (K) Channel 6 Sea L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  38. RMS (K) Channel 7 Sea L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  39. RMS (K) Channel 8 Sea L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  40. RMS (K) Channel 9 Sea L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  41. RMS (K) Channel 10 Sea L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  42. RMS (K) Channel 11 Sea L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  43. RMS (K) Channel 12 Sea L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  44. RMS (K) Channel 13 Sea L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  45. RMS (K) Channel 14 Sea L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  46. RMS (K) Channel 15 Sea L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  47. • The next slide show the mean bias as a function of spot • The days are shown in color • One slide per channel • Land cases are shown first then sea • Note the spot to spot consistency near channel 8 – This is probably some sort of interference • Spot 30 values are much larger than spot 1 values for upper peaking channels L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  48. Unadjusted bias (K) land - channel 1 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  49. Unadjusted bias (K) land - channel 2 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  50. Unadjusted bias (K) land - channel 3 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  51. Unadjusted bias (K) land - channel 4 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  52. Unadjusted bias (K) land - channel 5 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  53. Unadjusted bias (K) land - channel 6 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  54. Unadjusted bias (K) land - channel 7 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  55. Unadjusted bias (K) land - channel 8 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  56. Unadjusted bias (K) land - channel 9 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  57. Unadjusted bias (K) land - channel 10 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  58. Unadjusted bias (K) land - channel 11 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  59. Unadjusted bias (K) land - channel 12 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  60. Unadjusted bias (K) land - channel 13 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  61. Unadjusted bias (K) land - channel 14 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  62. Unadjusted bias (K) land - channel 15 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  63. Unadjusted bias (K) sea - channel 1 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  64. Unadjusted bias (K) sea - channel 2 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  65. Unadjusted bias (K) sea - channel 3 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  66. Unadjusted bias (K) sea - channel 4 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  67. Unadjusted bias (K) sea - channel 5 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  68. Unadjusted bias (K) sea - channel 6 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  69. Unadjusted bias (K) sea - channel 7 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  70. Unadjusted bias (K) sea - channel 8 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  71. Unadjusted bias (K) sea - channel 9 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  72. Unadjusted bias (K) sea - channel 10 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  73. Unadjusted bias (K) sea - channel 11 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  74. Unadjusted bias (K) sea - channel 12 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  75. Unadjusted bias (K) sea - channel 13 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  76. Unadjusted bias (K) sea - channel 14 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  77. Unadjusted bias (K) sea - channel 15 L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

  78. Conclusions • Empirical adjustments are required for AMSU – Efforts to characterize sources are needed but may not be enough • There are spot to spot biases for some channels – These are small – But large compared to the variability over the samples • Using a multiple channel prediction provides a significant gain in accuracy • Adjustments are consistent over months • The residuals for many sounding channels are within the error limits required for retrievals • Surface channels are hard to determine because knowledge of the surface effects limits accuracy L.M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

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