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Uncertainty in simulated brightness temperature due to sensitivity to atmospheric gas spectroscopic parameters from the centimeter- to submillimeter-wave range
Donatello Gallucci
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National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, Potenza, 85050, Italy
National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, Potenza, 85050, Italy
Center of Excellence CETEMPS, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, 67100, Italy
Emma Turner
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Stuart Fox
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Philip W. Rosenkranz
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Mikhail Y. Tretyakov
Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russia
Vinia Mattioli
European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, Darmstadt, Germany
Salvatore Larosa
National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, Potenza, 85050, Italy
Filomena Romano
National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, Potenza, 85050, Italy
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Nowadays, atmospheric radiative transfer models are widely used to simulate satellite and ground-based observations. A meaningful comparison between observations and simulations requires an estimate of the uncertainty associated with both. This work quantifies the uncertainty in atmospheric radiative transfer models in the microwave range, providing the uncertainty associated with simulations of new-generation satellite microwave sensors.
Nowadays, atmospheric radiative transfer models are widely used to simulate satellite and...
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