15 may 2009acspo v1.10 gac1 acspo upgrade to v1.10 effective date: 04 march 2009 sasha ignatov,...
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15 May 2009 ACSPO v1.10 GAC 1
ACSPO upgrade to v1.10Effective Date: 04 March 2009
Sasha Ignatov, XingMing Liang, Yury Kihai, Boris Petrenko, John Stroup
NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
John Sapper and Denise Frey
NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD
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Major upgrades in ACSPO v1.10
daily (AVHRR-based) 0.25º Reynolds SST (instead of weekly 1º)
new Community Radiative Transfer Model v1.1 (instead of r577)
CRTM built-in Wu-Smith emissivity model (instead of flat-surface Fresnel)
Plank-weighted (PW) CRTM coefficients for NOAA-17, -18, -19, and MetOp-A (for NOAA-16, ORD coefficients are still used)
Improved cloud detection- Using dynamic biases for brightness temperatures and SST filters
estimated in real-time. (Before, biases were assumed to be constant)
- Introducing ambient cloud filter
Day-night switch for cloud mask and SST algorithm occurs at 90° Solar Zenith Angle (instead of 85° in v1.00)
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Number of Observations
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During nighttime, number of OBS reduced due to- Change in day-night threshold from 85° to 90° SZA- Using ambient cloud filter
Number of Observations: NIGHTTIME
v1.00
v1.10
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During daytime, number of OBS increased due to- Change in day-night threshold from 85° to 90° SZA
(despite adding ambient cloudiness filter)
Number of Observations: DAYTIME
v1.00
v1.10
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Cloud Mask
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“Sat-Reynolds” SST anomalies in ACSPO v1.00 (3 March 2009)- Note multiple areas with negative anomalies (likely due to cloud leakage)- Cold biases at swath edges
Cloud Mask Quality: ACSPO v1.00
Night Day
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“Sat-Reynolds” SST anomalies in ACSPO v1.10 (4 March 2009)- Areas with negative anomalies reduced- Cold biases at swath edges reduced
Cloud Mask Quality: ACSPO v1.10
Night Day
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SST
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- Standard Deviation of “SAT-Reynolds” SST reduced- Weekly cycle significantly reduced or removed
Nighttime RMS “Sat-Reynolds” SST improved
v1.00
v1.10
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Daytime RMS “Sat-Reynolds” SST improved
v1.00
v1.10
- Standard Deviation of “SAT-Reynolds” SST reduced- Weekly cycle significantly reduced or removed
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Channel 4
Clear-Sky Brightness Temperatures
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Nighttime RMS “CRTM-AVHRR”
v1.00
v1.10
- Standard Deviation of “CRTM-AVHRR” BT reduced- Weekly cycle significantly reduced or removed
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v1.00
v1.10
Daytime RMS “CRTM-AVHRR”
- Standard Deviation of “CRTM-AVHRR” BT reduced- Weekly cycle significantly reduced or removed
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Number of nighttime observations slightly reduced
Number of daytime obs slightly increased
Cloud mask improved during both day and night
AVHRR SST in v1.10 agrees better with Reynolds SST
Brightness Temperatures agree better with CRTM
For more information see
http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/143875.pdf
Summary of PerformanceACSPO v1.10 vs1.00
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View Zenith Angle biases in retrieved SSTs have been reduced in v1.10 but we still do not recommend using SSTs beyond VZA>55º, at least for quantitative analyses. (Note that the clear-sky brightness temperatures are less subject to the angular biases.)
Residual cloud problem has been reduced in v1.10 but nighttime SSTs are still subject to residual cloud in the areas with persistent cloudiness (such as the roaring forties in the North and in the South and ITCZ). Caution should be used with the current nighttime product in those areas.
The aerosol optical depth parameters for channels 1, 2, and 3a have not been fully evaluated yet so please use caution if using these parameters
Known Limitations in ACSPO v1.10
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ACSPO v1.20- Land-sea mask (1km instead of 8km) + land proximity distance- Day-night twilight zone indication - Code modularization, stability, & error handling- Resolve remaining FRAC/GAC inconsistencies
ACSPO v1.30- Graceful degradation (Reynolds SST & GFS)- Cloud mask improvements
ACSPO v1.40- L1b converter as front end- Further code modularization & clean-up
Level 2P, 3 and 4 development- Currently, ACSPO products are only available in L2 (swath granules)- Development of L2P (GHRSST compliant), L3 (field analysis) and L4
(weekly and monthly composites) products is currently underway
Ongoing ACSPO improvements