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ISCCP at 30, April 2013
Concurrent Study of a) 22 – year reanalysis and extension of global
water vapor over both land and ocean (NVAP–M) and
b) the matching ISCCP data setThomas H. Vonder Haar
John M. ForsytheJohn Haynes
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO
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NVAP-M (NVAP (NASA Water Vapor Project) – MEaSUREs)
NASA MEaSUREs Program: Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research EnvironmentsSTC - METSAT
Science and Technology Corporation - Metsat Division, Fort Collins CO
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• Reanalysis and extension (1988-2009) of the heritage NVAP (1988-2001) dataset
• Total (TPW) and layered (LPW) precipitable water• Removes time-dependent biases caused by
dataset and algorithm changes incurred during multi-phase processing.
– Focus on consistent data inputs and peer reviewed processing algorithms through time.
• Back-propagation of modern observations through the entire data period.
– Collaboration with AIRS water vapor project at NASA JPL. (E. Fetzer et al.)
• Global (land and ocean) data with vertical structure information.
• Multiple data products to fit varying user needs.• Highly model-independent
• Now Available at NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC). https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/project/nvap/nvap-m_table
NASA Water Vapor Project – MEaSUREs
“NVAP-M” refers to the new NVAP-MEaSUREs data set. “Heritage NVAP” refers to the existing dataset described by Randel et al., 1996
Vonder Haar et al. 2012: Weather and climate analyses using improved global water vapor observations. Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L15802. doi:10.1029/2012GL052094.
Similar in concept to GPCP, ISCCP…
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NVAP-M: Input DatasetsSSM/I Average TPW September 10, 2004
Retrieved from microwave Tbs intercalibrated by Sapiano et al
75
mm
0
AIRS Version 5 Level 3 Average TPW September 10, 2004
0 mm 75
HIRS Average PW September 10, 2004 500-700 mb layerRetrieved from clear-sky radiances
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mm
0
GPS TPW Data Points (beginning 1997)(Wang et al. 2007)
SSM/I
AIRS
Sonde HIRS
GPSSapiano et al. (TGRS; 2012) intercalibration; Elsaesser et al. 2008 retrieval.
(IGRA)
(Wang et al.)
Jackson and Bates radiances;Engelen and Stephens (1999) retrieval
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SSM/I-F08
SSM/I-F10
SSM/I-F11
SSM/I-F13
SSM/I-F14
SSM/I-F15
HIRS-N09
HIRS-N10
HIRS-N11
HIRS-N12
HIRS-N14
HIRS-N15
HIRS-N16
HIRS-N17
Sonde
AIRS
NVAP-M Climate Product: Sensor Timeline
1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009
More confidence in later period due to increased observations
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NVAP-M: A Three-Tiered Product Approach
NVAP-WeatherUsed for weather case studies on timescales of days to weeks
•SSM/I Level 1 C intercalibrated radiances•HIRS cloud cleared radiances •Radiosonde, GPS since 1997•AIRS Level 3 TPW and Layered PW
•Maximizes spatial and temporal coverage
•Not driven by reduction of time-dependent biases
•4x daily•½ degree resolution • TPW and layered precipitable water
•surface to 700 hPa•700 to 500 hPa•500 to 300 hPa• < 300 hPa.
NVAP-ClimateUsed for studies of climate change and interannual variability
•SSM/I Level 1 C intercalibrated radiances•HIRS cloud cleared radiances, + AIRS since 2002
• Radiosonde
•Consistent inputs through time. •Consistent, high quality retrievals. •Less emphasis on spatial and temporal coverage
•Daily•1-degree resolution •TPW • layered precipitable water
•surface to 700 hPa• 700 to 500 hPa• 500 to 300 hPa• < 300 hPa
NVAP-OceanSSM/I-only.
Supplemental Fields•Data source code (DSC) map, indicating the sources used in each grid box .
Heritage NVAP begun in early 1990’s was “one size fits all” approach.
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NVAP-M Weather vs. Climate Product
0-6Z
12-18Z
18-24Z
6-12Z
0 mm 75
Weather Product
Climate Product
10 September, 2004
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Heritage NVAP
NVAP-M Climate
Global Mean TPW
Dotted lines : Known time-dependent biases due to processing changes
-90°
90°
-90°
90°
Heritage:24.5 mm
NVAP-M: 25.3 mm
Monthly Zonal TPW Anomaly Over Land and Ocean
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ISCCP zonal mean cloud amount anomaly (%)
(Raschke and Kinne (2008))
NVAP-M Climate TPW anomaly (mm)
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Correlation Coefficient
Correlation of ISCCP total cloud and NVAP-M total precipitable water vapor monthly anomalies (1988-2007)
NVAP-M Ocean (SSM/I only)
NVAP-M Climate
(SSM/I, AIRS, HIRS, Sondes)
-1.0 1.00.0 Blue areas indicate cloud amount decreases as TPW increases
Subtropical ocean regions show increasing low-level stratus coupled with dry subsidence aloft
Low correlation or negative correlation over land under study
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-3.5 +3.5
NVAP-M-Climate 1988-2003
Preliminary - Significance testing in progress
Trend (mm / decade)
ISCCP Monthly Mean Cloud 50 – 100% only
ISCCP Monthly Mean Cloud 0 – 50% only
Insufficient data
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At this time, we can neither prove nor disprove a robust trend in the global water vapor data from the NVAP-M Climate data set
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0 75Monthly Mean TPW (mm)
from NVAP-M Climate
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Summary• NVAP-MEaSUREs represents the first reanalysis of the heritage
NVAP global water vapor data over both land and ocean.
• NVAP-M features intercalibrated radiances, time-consistent retrieval algorithms, climate / weather / ocean processing paths and use of the first 7.5 years of AIRS data
• Data fusion and study with companion climate records such as ISCCP allows increased insight into each data set and natural processes.
• Trend analysis must consider:a) Time-dependent bias due to instruments, calibration, algorithm and
ancillary datab) Changing time/space sampling of observations
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• Data now available from NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center: https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/project/nvap/nvap-m_table (netCDF format)
• For further information see Vonder Haar, Bytheway, Forsythe, 2012: "Weather and climate analyses using improved global water vapor observations." Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L16802, doi:10.1029/2012GL052094
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