This paper adopts satellite channel brightness temperature simulation to study M-estimator variational retrieval. This approach combines both the advantages of classical variational inversion and robust M-estimators. ...This paper adopts satellite channel brightness temperature simulation to study M-estimator variational retrieval. This approach combines both the advantages of classical variational inversion and robust M-estimators. Classical variational inversion depends on prior quality control to elim- inate outliers, and its errors follow a Gaussian distribution. We coupled the M-estimators to the framework of classical variational inversion to obtain a M-estimator variational inversion. The cost function contains the M-estimator to guarantee the robustness to outliers and improve the retrieval re- sults. The experimental evaluation adopts Feng Yun-3A （FY-3A） simulated data to add to the Gaussian and Non-Gaussian error. The variational in- version is used to obtain the inversion brightness temperature, and temperature and humidity data are used for validation. The preliminary results demonstrate the potential of M-estimator variational retrieval.展开更多
The Microwave Temperature Sounder-Ⅱ(MWTS-Ⅱ) and Microwave Humidity and Temperature Sounder(MWHTS) onboard the Fengyun-3 C(FY-3 C) satellite can be used to detect atmospheric temperature profiles. The MWTS-II has 13 ...The Microwave Temperature Sounder-Ⅱ(MWTS-Ⅱ) and Microwave Humidity and Temperature Sounder(MWHTS) onboard the Fengyun-3 C(FY-3 C) satellite can be used to detect atmospheric temperature profiles. The MWTS-II has 13 temperature sounding channels around the 60 GHz oxygen absorption band and the MWHTS has 8 temperature sounding channels around the 118.75 GHz oxygen absorption line. The data quality of the observed brightness temperatures can be evaluated using atmospheric temperature retrievals from the MWTS-Ⅱ and MWHTS observations. Here, the bias characteristics and corrections of the observed brightness temperatures are described. The information contents of observations are calculated, and the retrieved atmospheric temperature profiles are compared using a neural network(NN) retrieval algorithm and a one-dimensional variational inversion(1 D-var) retrieval algorithm. The retrieval results from the NN algorithm show that the accuracy of the MWTS-Ⅱ retrieval is higher than that of the MWHTS retrieval, which is consistent with the results of the radiometric information analysis. The retrieval results from the 1 D-var algorithm show that the accuracy of MWTS-Ⅱ retrieval is similar to that of the MWHTS retrieval at the levels from 850-1,000 h Pa, is lower than that of the MWHTS retrieval at the levels from 650-850 h Pa and 125-300 h Pa, and is higher than that of MWHTS at the other levels. A comparison of the retrieved atmospheric temperature using these satellite observations provides a reference value for assessing the accuracy of atmospheric temperature detection at the 60 GHz oxygen band and 118.75 GHz oxygen line. In addition, based on the comparison of the retrieval results, an optimized combination method is proposed using a branch and bound algorithm for the NN retrieval algorithm, which combines the observations from both the MWTS-Ⅱand MWHTS instruments to retrieve the atmospheric temperature profiles. The results show that the optimal combination can further improve the accuracy of MWTS-Ⅱ retrieval and enhance the detection accuracy of atmospheric temperatures near the surface.展开更多
For Microwave Humidity and Temperature sounder(MWHTS) measurements over the ocean, a cloud filtering method is presented to filter out cloud-and precipitation-affected observations by analyzing the sensitivity of the ...For Microwave Humidity and Temperature sounder(MWHTS) measurements over the ocean, a cloud filtering method is presented to filter out cloud-and precipitation-affected observations by analyzing the sensitivity of the simulated brightness temperatures of MWHTS to cloud liquid water, and using the root mean square error(RMSE)between observation and simulation in clear sky as a reference standard. The atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles are retrieved using MWHTS measurements with and without filtering by multiple linear regression(MLR),artificial neural networks(ANN) and one-dimensional variational(1DVAR) retrieval methods, respectively, and the effects of the filtering method on the retrieval accuracies are analyzed. The numerical results show that the filtering method can improve the retrieval accuracies of the MLR and the 1DVAR retrieval methods, but have little influence on that of the ANN. In addition, the dependencies of the retrieval methods upon the testing samples of brightness temperature are studied, and the results show that the 1DVAR retrieval method has great stability due to that the testing samples have great impact on the retrieval accuracies of the MLR and the ANN, but have little impact on that of the 1DVAR.展开更多
The observations from satellite microwave sounding instruments have been proven to significantly impact severe weather monitoring and numerical weather prediction.Recent research indicates that the maturation of digit...The observations from satellite microwave sounding instruments have been proven to significantly impact severe weather monitoring and numerical weather prediction.Recent research indicates that the maturation of digitally channelized technology enables hyperspectral microwave sounding.However,the specific effects of these hyperspectral channels on the retrieval of temperature and humidity profiles remain uncertain.In this study,a novel microwave to terahertz sounder(MTS)is explored.Specifically,the impacts of 50–60 GHz(V band)hyperspectral channels and380–420 GHz(Y1 and Y2 band)terahertz channels on one-dimensional variational retrieval(1DVAR)results are investigated through various channel configurations.Initially,the information entropy of the channels is evaluated.When compared to the currently orbiting microwave sounders,the use of V-band hyperspectral channels can reduce the root-mean-square error(RMSE)of the retrieved temperature near the tropopause by approximately 14%.The inclusion of Y1 and Y2 band channels also positively contributes to the retrieved profiles.Compared to the currently deployed microwave sounders,this leads to a 2%reduction in temperature RMSE and a 5%reduction in humidity RMSE.The optimal channel configuration based on information entropy results in a temperature RMSE reduction of around 5.6%and a humidity RMSE reduction of 4.1%.Furthermore,the influence of observation noises on the retrieval results is examined.It is discovered that halving the noise can decrease the temperature RMSE by 13%and the humidity RMSE by 6%.Overall,the new sounding channels offer greater potential for enhancing temperature and humidity sounding,and they may potentially improve atmospheric measurements and the utilization of microwave observations in numerical weather prediction.展开更多
Based on the practice of improved simultaneous physical retrieval model(ISPRM),in the light of the functional analysis approach,the variational simultaneous physical retrieval model (VSPRM)has been developed.Its appro...Based on the practice of improved simultaneous physical retrieval model(ISPRM),in the light of the functional analysis approach,the variational simultaneous physical retrieval model (VSPRM)has been developed.Its approximation of 1st degree is VSPRM1,which is identical with the ISPRM.Its approximation of 2nd degree is VSPRM2,more advanced than the VSPRM1. This paper has analyzed the function of VSPRM2,pointing out the potentiality of synergy retrieval of this model.Also,it has dealt with the problem of parameterization of water vapor's kernel functions and retrieval of water vapor remote sensing. Because of the characteristics of this strong ill posed inverse problem,prior information must be used wisely in order to get the accurate calculation of radiance R.In the previous paper,we discussed how to build the best first guess field,the way to determine the P_s and to correct the calculation of radiance.In this paper,we continue discussing in depth about the calculation of transmittance,the determination of surface parameters and the selection for an optimum combination of channels for the low-level sounding. The long-term experiment and comparison work under operational environment have shown that the ISPRM is useful for retrieval of temperature and water vapor parameters over China including the Tibetan Plateau,and it further proves the scientific nature of well-posed inverse theory.展开更多
基金Supported by Special Scientific Research Fund of Meteorological Public Welfare Profession of China(GYHY201406028)Meteorological Open Research Fund for Huaihe River Basin(HRM201407)Anhui Meteorological Bureau Science and Technology Development Fund(RC201506)
文摘This paper adopts satellite channel brightness temperature simulation to study M-estimator variational retrieval. This approach combines both the advantages of classical variational inversion and robust M-estimators. Classical variational inversion depends on prior quality control to elim- inate outliers, and its errors follow a Gaussian distribution. We coupled the M-estimators to the framework of classical variational inversion to obtain a M-estimator variational inversion. The cost function contains the M-estimator to guarantee the robustness to outliers and improve the retrieval re- sults. The experimental evaluation adopts Feng Yun-3A （FY-3A） simulated data to add to the Gaussian and Non-Gaussian error. The variational in- version is used to obtain the inversion brightness temperature, and temperature and humidity data are used for validation. The preliminary results demonstrate the potential of M-estimator variational retrieval.
基金Key Fostering Project of the National Space Science Center,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Y62112f37s)National 863 Project of China(2015AA8126027)
文摘The Microwave Temperature Sounder-Ⅱ(MWTS-Ⅱ) and Microwave Humidity and Temperature Sounder(MWHTS) onboard the Fengyun-3 C(FY-3 C) satellite can be used to detect atmospheric temperature profiles. The MWTS-II has 13 temperature sounding channels around the 60 GHz oxygen absorption band and the MWHTS has 8 temperature sounding channels around the 118.75 GHz oxygen absorption line. The data quality of the observed brightness temperatures can be evaluated using atmospheric temperature retrievals from the MWTS-Ⅱ and MWHTS observations. Here, the bias characteristics and corrections of the observed brightness temperatures are described. The information contents of observations are calculated, and the retrieved atmospheric temperature profiles are compared using a neural network(NN) retrieval algorithm and a one-dimensional variational inversion(1 D-var) retrieval algorithm. The retrieval results from the NN algorithm show that the accuracy of the MWTS-Ⅱ retrieval is higher than that of the MWHTS retrieval, which is consistent with the results of the radiometric information analysis. The retrieval results from the 1 D-var algorithm show that the accuracy of MWTS-Ⅱ retrieval is similar to that of the MWHTS retrieval at the levels from 850-1,000 h Pa, is lower than that of the MWHTS retrieval at the levels from 650-850 h Pa and 125-300 h Pa, and is higher than that of MWHTS at the other levels. A comparison of the retrieved atmospheric temperature using these satellite observations provides a reference value for assessing the accuracy of atmospheric temperature detection at the 60 GHz oxygen band and 118.75 GHz oxygen line. In addition, based on the comparison of the retrieval results, an optimized combination method is proposed using a branch and bound algorithm for the NN retrieval algorithm, which combines the observations from both the MWTS-Ⅱand MWHTS instruments to retrieve the atmospheric temperature profiles. The results show that the optimal combination can further improve the accuracy of MWTS-Ⅱ retrieval and enhance the detection accuracy of atmospheric temperatures near the surface.
基金Key Fostering Project of National Space Science Center,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Y62112f37s)National 863 Project of China(2015AA8126027)
文摘For Microwave Humidity and Temperature sounder(MWHTS) measurements over the ocean, a cloud filtering method is presented to filter out cloud-and precipitation-affected observations by analyzing the sensitivity of the simulated brightness temperatures of MWHTS to cloud liquid water, and using the root mean square error(RMSE)between observation and simulation in clear sky as a reference standard. The atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles are retrieved using MWHTS measurements with and without filtering by multiple linear regression(MLR),artificial neural networks(ANN) and one-dimensional variational(1DVAR) retrieval methods, respectively, and the effects of the filtering method on the retrieval accuracies are analyzed. The numerical results show that the filtering method can improve the retrieval accuracies of the MLR and the 1DVAR retrieval methods, but have little influence on that of the ANN. In addition, the dependencies of the retrieval methods upon the testing samples of brightness temperature are studied, and the results show that the 1DVAR retrieval method has great stability due to that the testing samples have great impact on the retrieval accuracies of the MLR and the ANN, but have little impact on that of the 1DVAR.
基金Supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFB3900400)National Natural Science Foundation of China(U2142212 and 42475165)+1 种基金Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(2021JC0009)National Satellite Meteorological Centre of China Meteorological Administration(FY-APP-2022.0106)。
文摘The observations from satellite microwave sounding instruments have been proven to significantly impact severe weather monitoring and numerical weather prediction.Recent research indicates that the maturation of digitally channelized technology enables hyperspectral microwave sounding.However,the specific effects of these hyperspectral channels on the retrieval of temperature and humidity profiles remain uncertain.In this study,a novel microwave to terahertz sounder(MTS)is explored.Specifically,the impacts of 50–60 GHz(V band)hyperspectral channels and380–420 GHz(Y1 and Y2 band)terahertz channels on one-dimensional variational retrieval(1DVAR)results are investigated through various channel configurations.Initially,the information entropy of the channels is evaluated.When compared to the currently orbiting microwave sounders,the use of V-band hyperspectral channels can reduce the root-mean-square error(RMSE)of the retrieved temperature near the tropopause by approximately 14%.The inclusion of Y1 and Y2 band channels also positively contributes to the retrieved profiles.Compared to the currently deployed microwave sounders,this leads to a 2%reduction in temperature RMSE and a 5%reduction in humidity RMSE.The optimal channel configuration based on information entropy results in a temperature RMSE reduction of around 5.6%and a humidity RMSE reduction of 4.1%.Furthermore,the influence of observation noises on the retrieval results is examined.It is discovered that halving the noise can decrease the temperature RMSE by 13%and the humidity RMSE by 6%.Overall,the new sounding channels offer greater potential for enhancing temperature and humidity sounding,and they may potentially improve atmospheric measurements and the utilization of microwave observations in numerical weather prediction.
基金NNSF of China(49794030#).National"973"No.4(G1998040909#)and 863-308(863-2-7-4-12#).
文摘Based on the practice of improved simultaneous physical retrieval model(ISPRM),in the light of the functional analysis approach,the variational simultaneous physical retrieval model (VSPRM)has been developed.Its approximation of 1st degree is VSPRM1,which is identical with the ISPRM.Its approximation of 2nd degree is VSPRM2,more advanced than the VSPRM1. This paper has analyzed the function of VSPRM2,pointing out the potentiality of synergy retrieval of this model.Also,it has dealt with the problem of parameterization of water vapor's kernel functions and retrieval of water vapor remote sensing. Because of the characteristics of this strong ill posed inverse problem,prior information must be used wisely in order to get the accurate calculation of radiance R.In the previous paper,we discussed how to build the best first guess field,the way to determine the P_s and to correct the calculation of radiance.In this paper,we continue discussing in depth about the calculation of transmittance,the determination of surface parameters and the selection for an optimum combination of channels for the low-level sounding. The long-term experiment and comparison work under operational environment have shown that the ISPRM is useful for retrieval of temperature and water vapor parameters over China including the Tibetan Plateau,and it further proves the scientific nature of well-posed inverse theory.
