Infrared Continental Surface Emissivity Spectra Retrieved from AIRS Hyperspectral Sensor

Abstract Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS; NASA Aqua platform) observations over land are interpreted in terms of monthly mean surface emissivity spectra at a resolution of 0.05 μm and skin temperature. For each AIRS observation, an estimation of the atmospheric temperature and water vapor profiles is first obtained through a proximity recognition within the thermodynamic initial guess retrieval (TIGR) climatological library of about 2300 representative clear-sky atmospheric situations. With this a priori information, all terms of the radiative transfer equation are calculated by using the Automatized Atmospheric Absorption Atlas (4A) line-by-line radiative transfer model. Then, surface temperature is evaluated by using a single AIRS channel (centered at 12.183 μm) chosen for its almost constant emissivity with respect to soil type. Emissivity is then calculated for a set of 40 atmospheric windows (transmittance greater than 0.5) distributed over the AIRS spectrum. The overall infrared emissivity spectr...

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