Direct assimilation of AVHRR satellite radiance measurements in a reanalysis system

Author:

Chattopadhyay Mohar12ORCID,Akella Santha1,Kim Jong3,Bloecker Christine12

Affiliation:

1. Global Modeling and Assimilation Office NASA GSFC Greenbelt Maryland USA

2. Science System and Applications Inc Lanham Maryland USA

3. Science and Technology Corporation (STC) at EPIC/OAR/WPO/NOAA Hampton Virginia USA

Abstract

AbstractThe Advanced Very‐High‐Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) is a broad‐band, five‐channel scanner sensing in the visible, near‐infrared and thermal infrared portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. AVHRR instruments onboard polar‐orbiting satellites have data records spanning 30 years. The radiances from the infrared channels of AVHRR have been directly assimilated over the ice‐free ocean in the NASA Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) since 2017 to constrain skin sea surface temperature (SST). The GEOS system already uses an advanced bulk SST and a skin SST model which incorporates diurnal warming and cool‐skin temperature on the surface of the ocean. The positive contribution of this effort to the Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) makes it desirable to extend the skin SST data assimilation procedure to reanalysis applications. The AVHRR data from platforms that were previously unexplored for NWP applications are assimilated at the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) at NASA, for an upcoming reanalysis project. This study uses results from reanalysis experiments to assess the impact of assimilating AVHRR radiances over open ocean on the atmospheric state variables, focusing on the analyzed skin temperatures that include the active skin SST model. It is demonstrated that including the skin temperature variations in atmospheric analysis is generally beneficial. The addition of radiance measurements from AVHRR provides further improvements to the overall reanalysis system performance. by helping to correct the diurnal heating and reducing errors in the background departure of hyperspectral radiance observations, which are an essential component of atmospheric reanalyses.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Atmospheric Science

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