Lower Tropospheric Temperature

Project Title

Lower Tropospheric Temperatures Based on AMSU Channel 4, PI: Carl Mears

Focus of this Work

The purpose of this project is to develop an alternative to the TLT product based on MSU Channel 2 and AMSU channel 5.  The TLT product is created by extrapolating the MSU2 and AMSU5 data to lower altitude.  The new product does not require extrapolation, but does require the development of algorithms to remove emission from Earth's surface. 


This work is pertinent to the following missions:  AMSU

This work is pertinent to the following measurements:  surface air temperature