Met office and ECMWF contribution to NPP and NPOESS cal/val effort

The use of numerical weather prediction (NWP) models in validating and characterizing satellite sounder data is described. The next generation U.S. polar-orbiter missions will be the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) and the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS)....

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Main Authors: Atkinson, Nigel C, English, Stephen J, Bell, William
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustic noise
Calibration
Instruments
NPOESS
NPP
Predictive models
Satellite instrumentation
satellite validation
Satellites
Weather forecasting
Working environment noise
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Summary:The use of numerical weather prediction (NWP) models in validating and characterizing satellite sounder data is described. The next generation U.S. polar-orbiter missions will be the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) and the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS). The Met Office and ECMWF will be participating in the calibration/validation activities for these missions, and the planned contributions are described. These contributions include both pre-processing expertise and the assessment of instrument bias and noise, using NWP models as a reference.
ISSN:2153-6996
2153-7003
DOI:10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5416893