AIRS v6 Land Surface Temperature (LST) and Emissivity Assessment
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AIRS v6 Land Surface Temperature (LST) and Emissivity
Assessment
Glynn Hulley, Evan Manning
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California InsFtute of Technology
(c) 2011 California InsFtute of Technology. Government sponsorship acknowledged.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
AIRS Science Meeting Pasadena, CA
Apr 26-28, 2011
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Outline 1. UW MODIS Baseline-‐fit (MODBF) Emissivity Database
2. Radiance-‐based Land Surface Temperature (LST) validaFon method
3. AIRS land validaFon targets
4. LST and Emissivity evaluaFon for v6 baseline versions: 1. v5_7_5_ModisEmis (2-‐Regression) 2. v5_7_5_Clim (Climatology) 3. v5_7_5_SCCNN (Neural Net)
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4 6 8 10 12 14 Wavelength (µm)
4 µμ! 8 µμ! 12 µμ!
* Slide courtesy of Eva Borbas, UW
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Radiance-‐based (R-‐based) Land Surface Temperature (LST) ValidaFon
• LST notoriously difficult to validate
• R-‐based method adopted from MODIS to validate AIRS LST • Accurate radiaFve transfer model and emissivity
measurements required. • Advantages: -‐ ApplicaFon to many sites -‐ Day and night observaFons -‐ Can be used for coarse resoluFon sensors (granted you have large, homogenous site)
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Ts(AIRS retrieved)
NCEP (GDAS) Profiles
Lab Field Emissivity
SARTA
NCEP Profile Quality Test ΔTb (obs) = Tb11(obs) -‐ Tb12(obs) ΔTb (calc) = Tb11(calc) -‐ Tb12(calc)
ΔTb = ΔTb(obs) – ΔTb(calc)
-‐0.5 K < ΔTb < 0.5 K
Tb(obs) CCR’s
Tb(calc) + NEΔT
AIRS
Surface
Clear WV Absorp<on
NO QUIT!
YES Ts’ = Ts ± 2K SARTA Tb’(calc) Trad = interp([Ts Ts’],[Tb’ Tb],Tb)
Theore<cally Correct Surface Temperature
Radiance-‐based LST Valida<on
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AIRS Land ValidaFon Sites Namib Desert, Namibia
Gran Desierto, Mexico
Redwood National Forest, California
Chinizuia Forest, Mozambique
Dry Atmosphere
Humid Atmosphere
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v5 Namib Desert 2003-‐2009
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Shortwave (2564 cm-1, 3.9 µm) Longwave (909 cm-1, 11 µm)
AIRS MODIS Lab (‘Truth’) Night Night
Day Day
v5 Namib Desert
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Namib Desert 2003-‐2009
v5_7_5_ModisEmis
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Shortwave (2564 cm-1, 3.9 µm) Longwave (909 cm-1, 11 µm)
AIRS MODIS Lab (‘Truth’) Night Night
Day Day
v5_7_5_ModisEmis Namib Desert
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V5_7_5_Clim Namib Desert 2003-‐2009
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Shortwave (2564 cm-1, 3.9 µm) Longwave (909 cm-1, 11 µm)
AIRS MODIS Lab (‘Truth’) Night Night
Day Day
v5_7_5_Clim Namib Desert
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V5_7_5_SCCNN Namib Desert 2003-‐2009
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Shortwave (2564 cm-1, 3.9 µm) Longwave (909 cm-1, 11 µm)
AIRS MODIS Lab (‘Truth’) Night Night
Day Day
v5_7_5_SCCNN Namib Desert
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Rank Version RMSE [K] Bias [K]
1 v5_7_5_SCCNN 1.42 -‐0.14
2 v5_7_5_ModisEmis
1.53 -‐0.47
3 v5_7_5_Clim
1.74 -‐0.76
4 v5
5.09 0.72
Rankings – Day LST Namib Desert 2003-‐2009
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Rank Version RMSE [K] Bias [K]
1 v5_7_5_ModisEmis 1.33 0.80
2 v5_7_5_SCCNN
1.36 0.95
3 v5_7_5_Clim
2.05 1.09
4 v5
2.45 -‐0.8
Rankings – Night LST Namib Desert 2003-‐2009
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Rank Version RMSE [K] Bias [K]
1 v5_7_5_SCCNN 0.72 0.20
2 v5_7_5_ModisEmis
0.95 0.09
3 v5_7_5_Clim
1.02 -‐0.05
4 v5
1.66 0.42
Rankings – Day LST Redwood Forest California 2003-‐2009
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Rank Version RMSE [K] Bias [K]
1 v5_7_5_ModisEmis
0.73 -‐0.02
2 v5_7_5_SCCNN 1.00 -‐0.54
3 v5
1.11 -‐0.36
4 v5_7_5_Clim
1.16 -‐0.09
Rankings -‐ Night LST Redwood Forest California 2003-‐2009
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Gran Desierto Mexico 2003-‐2009
Rankings -‐ Day LST
Rank Version RMSE [K] Bias [K]
1 v5_7_5_SCCNN 1.64 -‐0.31
2 v5_7_5_ModisEmis
1.92 0.26
3 v5_7_5_Clim
2.22 -‐0.22
4 v5
5.26 0.72
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Gran Desierto Mexico 2003-‐2009
Rankings -‐ Night LST
Rank Version RMSE [K] Bias [K]
1 v5_7_5_ModisEmis
1.61 1.08
2 v5_7_5_Clim
1.88 1.24
3
v5
2.08 -‐0.48
4 v5_7_5_SCCNN 2.81 1.91
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Shortwave (2564 cm-1, 3.9 µm) Longwave (909 cm-1, 11 µm)
Night Night
Day Day
v5_7_5_SCCNN Gran Desierto
Night Night
Day Day
AIRS MODIS Lab (‘Truth’)
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Conclusions/Future Work • Radiance-‐based Land Surface Temperature (LST) val method
has been developed for AIRS surface product evaluaFon.
• MODIS emissivity leads to improved LST accuracy, most noFceable over desert regions.
• SCCNN has improved accuracy in terms of RMSE during dayFme observaFons at all sites, but issues at night.
• ModisEmis (2-‐regression) has most consistent results at all sites.
• Include more sites in evaluaFon, using ASTER emissivity over desert regions for the LST simulaFons.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California www.nasa.gov JPL 400-1278 7/06
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Land Surface Temperature (LST) ValidaFon Methods
• Improved accuracy of surface products should directly affect accuracy of atmospheric parameters, e.g. T and especially Water Vapor in boundary layer
• Currently very difficult to validate coarse resoluFon sounder products (AIRS, IASI) – High variability in LST, parFcularly during dayFme – Large thermally homogeneous areas required for LST – Large composiFonally homogeneous areas required for emissivity
• EvaluaFon over long Fme periods, different land cover types, and varying atmospheric condiFons