A principal component-based radiative transfer forward model (PCRTM) for hyperspectral instruments

Modern Infrared satellite sensors such as AIRS, CrIS, TES, GIFTS and IASI are all capable of providing high spatial and spectral resolution infrared spectra. To fully exploit the vast amount of spectral information from these instruments, super fast radiative transfer models are needed. This paper presents a novel radiative transfer model based on principal component analysis. The model is very accurate and flexible. Its execution speed is a factor of 3-30 times faster than channel-based fast models. Due to its high speed and compressed spectral information format, it has great potential for super fast one-dimensional physical retrievals and for Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) large volume radiance data assimilation applications. The model has been successfully developed for the NAST-I and AIRS instruments. The PCRTM model performs monochromatic radiative transfer calculations and is suitable to include multiple scattering calculations to account for clouds and aerosols.

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