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AMSU-A Land Surface Emissivity Estimation for Numerical Weather Prediction Assimilation Schemes

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This study describes the work performed at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) to estimate the microwave land surface emissivities at Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU)-A frequencies within the specific context and constraint of operational assimilation. The emissivities are directly calculated from the satellite observations in clear-sky conditions using the surface skin temperature derived from ECMWF and the Radiative Transfer for the Television and Infrared Observation Satellite Operational Vertical Sounder (RTTOVS) model, along with the forecast model variables to estimate the atmospheric contributions. The results are analyzed, with special emphasis on the evaluation of the frequency and angular dependencies of the emissivities with respect to the surface characteristics. Possible extrapolation of the Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) emissivities to those of the AMSU is considered. Direct calculation results are also compared with emissivity model outputs.
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hal-02948303 , version 1 (29-01-2021)

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Catherine Prigent, Frederic Chevallier, Fatima Karbou, Peter Bauer, Graeme Kelly. AMSU-A Land Surface Emissivity Estimation for Numerical Weather Prediction Assimilation Schemes. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 2005, 44 (4), pp.416-426. ⟨10.1175/JAM2218.1⟩. ⟨hal-02948303⟩
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