Satellite remote sensing of tropospheric CO and CH4: Forward model studies of the MOPITT instrument

Liwen Pan; David P. Edwards; John C. Gille; Mark W. Smith; James R. Drummond

doi:10.1364/AO.34.006976

Satellite remote sensing of tropospheric CO and CH4: Forward model studies of the MOPITT instrument

Liwen Pan
, David P. Edwards
, John C. Gille
, Mark W. Smith
, James R. Drummond

Atmospheric Composition Remote Sensing and Prediction

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Abstract

The Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument is designed to measure tropospheric CO and CH₄ from a spaceborne platform by the use of infrared gas correlation radiometers. We describe the forward model that is used as the basis for the retrieval algorithm. We present the techniques used to model the instrument and describe the radiative transfer involved in the measurement process. Calculations have been performed to assess the sensitivity of the measured radiance to changes in the target-gas concentration profiles, changes in the concentration of contaminating constituents, and to variations in the parameters that describe reflection and emission of radiation at the Earth’s surface.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6976-6988
Number of pages	13
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	34
Issue number	30
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.34.006976
State	Published - Oct 1995

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Correlation spectroscopy
Infrared remote sensing
Radiative transfer

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