Karlsruhe optimized and precise radiative transfer algorithm. Part I: requirements, justification, and model error estimation

We present the Karlsruhe Optimized and Precise Radiative transfer Algorithm (KOPRA) which has been specifically developed for data analysis of the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) going to be launched on ESA's polar-orbiting Environmental Satellite 1 (ENVISAT-1) in 1999. KOPRA has been designed to account for the particular instrument requirements of MIPAS and the observation scenarii during the ENVISAT mission, in particular with respect to the viewing direction and the altitude coverage of the atmosphere. The conceptual details of KOPRA, which reflect the requirements set up by the instrument design details, the observation scenarii, and the link to a retrieval concept with high flexibility, are presented. The forward model error due to discarding individual physical processes and properties of the atmosphere as well as an over-all error budget with respect to these parameters is assessed in order to demonstrate the improvements of retrieval accuracy expected by usage of KOPRA.

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