Hyperspectral earth observation from IASI

Fiona Hilton, Raymond Armante, Thomas August, Chris Barnet, Aurelie Bouchard, Claude Camy-Peyret, Virginie Capelle, Lieven Clarisse, Cathy Clerbaux, Pierre Francois Coheur, Andrew Collard, Cyril Crevoisier, Gaelle Dufour, David Edwards, Francois Faijan, Nadia Fourrié, Antonia Gambacorta, Mitchell Goldberg, Vincent Guidard, Daniel HurtmansSamuel Illingworth, Nicole Jacquinet-Husson, Tobias Kerzenmacher, Dieter Klaes, Lydie Lavanant, Guido Masiello, Marco Matricardi, Anthony McNally, Stuart Newman, Edward Pavelin, Sebastien Payan, Eric Péquignot, Sophie Peyridieu, Thierry Phulpin, John Remedios, Peter Schlüssel, Carmine Serio, Larrabee Strow, Claudia Stubenrauch, Jonathan Taylor, David Tobin, Walter Wolf, Daniel Zhou

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Abstract

The first Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) was launched in October 2006 on the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites' (EUMETSAT) Meteorological Operation (MetOp)-A satellite. The instrument and its successors will continue to operate until 2020 on the current MetOp platform and two follow-on satellites. The stability of the instrument is monitored routinely by the CNES Technical Expertise Center, using onboard measurements, and by EUMETSAT, where stable, clear fields of view are compared with simulated radiances from numerical weather prediction model output. Routine monitoring of IASI data and calibration and validation activities by CNES and EUMETSAT ensure full characterization of the instrument and verify that the performance meets the requirements. In-depth evaluation is routinely performed by comparing IASI with other instruments, such as AVHRR and the High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) on the MetOp platform.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)347-370
Number of pages24
JournalBulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume93
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2012

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