Abstract
Accurate knowledge of the Earth's vertical atmospheric temperature structure is fundamental to numerical weather prediction. The National Weather Services (NWS) have stated an ultimate goal for temperature measurement of 1 degree accuracy and 1 km vertical resolution throughout the troposphere. To approach this goal next generation temperature sounders must have increased spectral coverage and increased spectral resolution. Extensive simulations indicate that a temperature sounder with spectral resolving power (λ/Δλ) of 1200 and wavelength coverage from 3.4 - 17.0 µm will significantly improve the rms temperature retrieval accuracy.
© 1988 Optical Society of America
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