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AdvancedMicrowavePrecipitationRadiometer(AMPR)ObservationsduringOLYMPEX/RADEX
TimothyJ.Lang1 andSayakBiswas2
1NASAMarshallSpaceFlightCenter2UniversitiesSpaceResearchAssociation
AcknowledgmentsEricCantrell,DaveSimmons,AnthonyGuillory,BrentRoberts,MattSchwaller,WaltPetersen,ArlindoDasilva,JayMace
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20170003132 2020-02-06T17:46:11+00:00Z
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TableofContents
• InstrumentSummary
• OLYMPEXDatasetOverview
• 12/3GMIUnderflight
• 11/24GeophysicalRetrievals
• Summary
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Instrument/Model name / PI:AMPR (Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer)T. Lang, NASA MSFC
Data/Measurements/Retrievals:• Passive microwave radiometer – Retrieve surface emission, cloud liquid
water, precipitation rate, water vapor, ice scattering, and more• Four frequencies - 10.7, 19.35, 37.1, 85.5 GHz, with 2 variable polarization
channels apiece (Channel A: V -> H and Channel B: H -> V)• Cross-track scanning, polarization state varies according to scan angle, H & V
deconvolution possible
Previous deployments: IPHEx, MC3E, CAMEX 1-4, TCSP, TC4, KWAJEX, TRMM/LBA, TOGA-COARE, FIRE-III, TEFLUN-A
Notable publications:Leppert II, K. D., and D. J. Cecil, 2015: Signatures of hydrometeor species from airborne passive microwave data for frequencies 10–183 GHz. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 54, 1313–1334.
Hood, R. E., D. J. Cecil, F. J. LaFontaine, R. J. Blakeslee, D. M. Mach, G. M. Heymsfield, F. D. Marks Jr., E. J. Zipser, and M. Goodman, 2006: Classification of tropical oceanic precipitation using high-altitude aircraft microwave and electric field measurements. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 218–233.
Spencer, R. W., R. E. Hood, F. J. Lafontaine, E. A. Smith, R. Platt, J. Galliano, V. L. Griffin, and E. Lobl, 1994: High-resolution imaging of rain systems with the advanced microwave precipitation radiometer. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 11, 849–857.
AMPRInstrumentSummary
Inth
elab
Overthe
storm
Inth
eplane
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AMPROLYMPEXDatasetOverview
• GeolocatedChannelAandBmixed-polTBsavailableinnetCDFfilesfromeachday,whereverfineOLYMPEXdataarefound
• QCflags&land/waterfractionavailable– Useasroughguidefordataquality;seeREADME
• Softwaretoread/display/analyzehere:https://github.com/nasa/PyAMPR
• 19GHzunavailable12/3-12/8
• 85GHz(A)occasionallyelevatednoisefloormaskedopenwatersignal(affectedportionsof11/18,12/4,12/8)
TBs
QCFlags
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AMPRvs.GMIfor12/3Underflight
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GMI10H
GMI10V
AMPR10H
AMPR10V
Note:Thesearepolarization-deconvolvedAMPRdata!
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GMI37H
GMI37V
AMPR37H
AMPR37V
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GMI89H
GMI89V
AMPR85H
AMPR85V
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MajorTakeawaysfrom12/3Underflight
• AMPRresolvescomplexTBstructurewithinStraitofJuandeFuca,GMIaffectedbyland/oceanFOVmixing
• Overland,awayfromcoasts,thereisbroadagreement(takingintoaccountresolutiondifferences)– althoughAMPRsensesapparentmountainsnowfieldsat10/37GHz
• NoAMPR19GHzthisday– Gunnoscillatorfailure(wasrepairedlaterinproject)
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AMPR11/24GeophysicalRetrievals
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Multi-LinearRegressionModel(s)• ModelforColumnarWaterVapor(Vinmm):
V (mm) = a0 + a1*TB10v + a2*TB10h + a3*ln(290-TB19v) + a4*ln(290-TB19h) + a5*ln(290-TB37v) + a6*ln(290-TB37h) (1)
• ModelforColumnarCloudLiquidWater(Linmm):L (mm) = a0 + a1*ln(290-TB19v) + a2*ln(290-TB19h) + a3*ln(295-TB85v)+a4*ln(295-TB85h)
(2)
• ModelforSurfaceWindSpeed(WSinm/s):WS (m/s) = a0 + a1*TB10v + a2*TB10h + a3*ln(290-TB19v) + a4*ln(290-TB19h) + a5*T2
B10v + a6*T2B10h +
a7*TB10v*TB10h + a8*SST (3)
Where, TBnv,h = Measured TB for n GHz v,h-polarization channelsSST = Sea Surface Temperature in Kelvin (a priori value needed)an coefficients are polynomial functions of the incidence angle*
The WS retrieval is further improved by generating ‘a’ coefficients for different range of wind speeds, e.g. WS<=3, WS>3<=7, WS>7<=12 & WS>12 .
( *AMPR is a cross-track scanner and the observation incidence angle varies between 00 to 450)
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CoefficientDerivation&TestingEnvironmentalScenes
523,176GloballyDistributedAtmosphericProfilesfromNCEPCloudtop/bottomfromclimatologySSTRandomlyVariedfrom0to30CWSRandomlyVariedfrom0to20m/s
(winddirectionsignalisignored)
RadiativeTransferModelAtmosphericabsorptionfromGPMXCALmodelsSurfaceEmissivityfromMeissner&Wentz[2012]
GaussianNoise
DeriveCoefficientsforeachEIA
SimulatedAMPRTBsforEIA=00 to500 in0.20 steps
RunAlgorithm
EvaluateAlgorithmPerformance
Truth:WS,V,L,SST
WithheldDataSet
AlgorithmCoefficients
RetrievedvaluesforWS,V,L
PerformanceandCrossTalkStatistics
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RetrievalandCross-TalkError
ErrorsareaveragedoverallEarthIncidenceAngles(EIA)between0to50deg
SST
Multi-stepwindretrievaltoreducelowbiasinweakwinds
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RMSRetrievalErrorvs.EarthIncidenceAngle(EIA)
EIAaverageRMSRetrievalError
WS(m/s) 0.9V(mm) 1.85L(mm) 0.11
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• SlantwisegradientcapturedbyAMPR
• Rangeofdomainwindspeedscaptured
• Possibleprecipinfluenceat19GHz
PrecipMasking
AMPRvs.REMSSWindProducts
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WaterVapor
• AMPRHighBias?• ScanAngle
Dependence?• Worktobedone
here
CloudWater
• Rangeofvaluesindomaincaptured
• Goodlocationcorrespondence
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MajorTakeawaysfrom11/24GeophysicalRetrievals
• EmpiricalmodelforretrievalsdevelopedandappliedtodeconvolvedH&Vpolarizedobservations
• WindspeedandcloudliquidwatershowpromisingresultsanddemonstrateAMPR’spotentialresolutionadvantages
• Watervapormodelrequiresmoredevelopmenttoresolveobservedbiases
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OngoingandFutureWork
• CurrentlyupgradingAMPRdatasystem(wasdelayedbyOLYMPEX/ORACLEScrush)– Willmitigateobsolescenceriskandfacilitategreaterscanningagility
• CurrentlycharacterizingNEDTstability,pointingangleuncertainty,andreceivernonlinearityinlab– WillimproveTBandgeophysicalretrievals
• ExaminingotherIPHEx,OLYMPEX,andORACLEScases–Needcollaborators!