microwave remote sensing of atmospheric trace gases
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Microwave Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Trace Gases. Remote Sensing I Lecture 6 Summer 2006. J. F(J). Rotational Energy Levels. Rotational Transitions. allowed transitions:. Rotational Transitions. Microwave Spectrum of HCl. Microwave Spectrum of ClO. posible orientations. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Microwave Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Trace Gases
Remote Sensing I
Lecture 6
Summer 2006
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Rotational Energy Levels
J F(J)
)0()1(~10 JFJFJJ
)0()1(~01 FF
]cm[202~ 101
BB
]cm[426~ 112
BBB
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Rotational Transitions
121~1 JBJJJBJJ
JJJJB 22 23
12 JB
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Rotational Transitions
12~1 JBJJ
allowed transitions:
1J
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Microwave Spectrum of HCl
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Microwave Spectrum of ClO
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Degeneracies of Rotations
posibleorientations
12 J
J=1
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Degeneracies of Rotations
J=2 J=3
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Intensities of Rotational Lines
•Probability for transition between level l and level udepends on the number of molecules in level l•In thermal equilibrium given by Boltzmann distribution:
TkEN
NBJ
l
u exp
TkJBhcJ B1exp
(tends to decrease with increasing J)
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Intensities of Rotational Lines
•Depends also on degenaracies of the levels:
12 Jg J(tends to increase with increasing J)
Overall proportional to:
TkJBhcJJ B1exp12
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Intensities of Rotational Lines
May be used to derivetemperature from observedspectrum
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Microwave Spectrum of N2O
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The N2O Molecule
NN O
N2O is a linear molecule
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Microwave Spectrum of H2O
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The Water Molecule
O
H H
0.09578 nm
104.48°
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Microwave Spectrum of Ozone
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Microwave Limb Sounding:
MLS / UARS
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(Source: MLS Website)
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Part 1: Airborne Microwave Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Trace Gases.
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Airborne Submillimeter Radiometer (ASUR)
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ASUR frequency range and primary species
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ASUR onboard the NASA DC-8
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Part 2: Ground-based Microwave Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Trace Gases.
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Observations in Spitsbergen (79°N)
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Observations in Spitsbergen (79°N)
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Radiometer for Atmospheric Measurements (RAM)
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Schematic Overview of the RAM
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Measured Microwave Spectrum by the RAM
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Pressure Broadening of Spectral Lines
50km / 0.5 hPa
20km / 50 hPa
10km / 200 hPa
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Weighting Functions for Ozone Retrieval
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Retrieval techniques / Inverse Modelling
xy F
xKy
Assume that the measured spectrum y is a known function of the atmospheric profile x plus some noise ε.
Linearize F (also known as the forward model):
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However,
can not be directly inverted (ill-posed problem)
Optimal Estimation
xKy
aTa
Taa KxySKKSKSxx
1ˆ
A-priori profile
A-priori profile covariance matrix
Measurement error covariance matrix
Best guess profile
Best estimate given by Optimal Estimation solution:
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Example Ozone Profile: RAM vs. Ozonesonde
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Optimal Estimation: Averaging Kernels
aTa
Taa KxySKKSKSxx
1ˆ
1 SKKSKSD T
aT
a
aa xxKDxx̂
DxxAxx aaˆ
DxAIAx a
Optimal estimation solution:
Define:
Then:
Define Averaging Kernel Matrix A = DK:
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Averaging Kernel Functions