Combined Microwave and Hyperspectral Infrared Retrievals of Atmospheric Profiles in the Presence of Clouds using Nonlinear Stochastic Methods

William Blackwell, Frederick Chen, Choongyeun Cho, and David Staelin

Optical Society of America (OSA) Hyperspectral Imaging and Sounding of the Environment (HISE) 2007

Abstract

A novel retrieval technique using stochastic cloud clearing and neural network estimation has been developed and evaluated. Retrieval RMS accuracies and quality control estimates are similar to physical, iterated methods while requiring substantially less computation.

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