Adamo, M. and De Carolis, G. and Morelli, S. (2007) Comparison of MODIS and ETA profiles of atmospheric parameters in coastal zones with radiosonde data. Il nuovo cimento C, 30 (3). pp. 255-275. ISSN 1826-9885
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Abstract
The quality of atmospheric profiles gathered by the spaceborne Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor onboard the Terra platform and those predicted by the ETA atmospheric circulation model are assessed against corresponding radiosonde (RS)measurements. The analysis is carried out on a statistical basis taking as reference the radiosoundings collected at two coastal stations, namely Ajaccio (France) and Pratica di Mare (Italy), during the spring 2000. The examined days were characterized by smooth and slow variations of the atmospheric conditions so that a temporal lag up to about three hours between RS and MODIS profiles could be considered for comparison purposes. Both ETA predictions and MODIS retrievals compare well with RS data and their relative agreement is good. Although, as expected, the profiles of the analyzed quantities, namely temperature and moisture for both MODIS and ETA outputs and horizontal wind components predicted by ETA model, could not follow the largest fluctuations measured by RS, their averages are reproduced with a satisfactory degree of reliability. These results encourage the perspective to exploit remote measurements from the MODIS sensor of atmospheric temperature and water vapour as input to operative circulation models, such as ETA, for reliable forecasts and detailed monitoring on global scale of the atmospheric structure and dynamics.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Modeling and model calibration ; Weather analysis and prediction ; Computational methods and data processing, data acquisition and storage ; Remote sensing in exploration geophysics |
| Subjects: | 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Mar 2020 16:22 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2020 16:22 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/16240 |
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