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An Observing System Simulation Experiment for the Aquarius/SAC-D mission is being developed for assessing the accuracy of soil moisture retrieval from passive and active L-band remote sensing. The implementation of the OSSE is based on: a 1-km land surface model over the Red-Arkansas River Basin, a backscatter model and a forward microwave emission model to simulate the radiometer and scatte...Show More
An Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) for the Aquarius/SAC-D mission has been developed for assessing the accuracy of soil moisture retrievals from passive L-band remote sensing. The implementation of the OSSE is based on the following: a 1-km land surface model over the Red-Arkansas River Basin, a forward microwave emission model to simulate the radiometer observations, a r...Show More
In recent years, wind profiler radar observation technology has developed rapidly, and its detection data has high temporal and spatial resolution. The observing wind field information plays an important role in the small or meso scale weather system analysis and numerical weather prediction. This study aimed to explore the wind profiler radar observing layout over China form the perspective of nu...Show More
The capacity to monitor suspended sediment concentrations (SSCs) in the ocean, from surface to bottom, using data acquired by the future Meteosat Third-Generation (MTG)/flexible combined imager (FCI) satellite sensor has been quantified by observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs). The “true” ocean state for these experiments is based on a 15-month numerical simulation of hydrodynamic and se...Show More
Geostationary orbit (GEO) microwave sounding technology, which can continuously monitor Earth and intensively observe weather conditions such as strong convection, has unique advantages. An observing system simulation experiment (OSSE) is an important means to evaluate new meteorological instruments and explore assimilation techniques for new observations. In this article, an OSSE base...Show More
Due to complex natural and anthropogenic forcings, the dynamics of suspended sediments within the ocean water column remains difficult to monitor. Nowadays however, more and more available information is coming from in situ and satellite measurements, as well as from simulation models. Data assimilation methods propose to combine all this information to produce the most precise results, allowing b...Show More
This study investigates the permissible error limits in satellite-derived sea surface salinity (SSS) through Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs). The OSSEs were conducted in the Indian Ocean, using a data-assimilative oceanic general circulation model with error in satellite-derived SSS ranging from 0.2 to 1.0 psu for the year 2014. Comparison with Argo SSS revealed a remarkable 31% im...Show More
Recently, the Signal of Opportunity (SoOp) has been used in monitoring the snow pack from P-band. This technology makes use of existing satellite transmissions and become a cost-effective alternative to existing active technologies. The theoretical principle is based on the phase change of the reflected P-band signal to change in SWE. The P-band radio signals come from geostationary Mobile Use Obj...Show More
Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) are an important tool for evaluating the potential impact of proposed new observing systems, as well as for evaluating trade-offs in observing system design, and in developing and assessing improved methodology for assimilating new observations. Extensive OSSEs have been conducted at NASA/GSFC and NOAA/AOML in collaboration with Simpson Weather Assoc...Show More
This paper presents the integration of a data assimilation framework and a nonhydrostatic coastal ocean model for the study of turbulent processes and state variables. Interfacing our General Curvilinear Coastal Ocean Model (GCCOM) with NCAR's Data Assimilation Research Testbed (DART), enable the integration of very high-resolution observations into the system. These results included observation s...Show More
An Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) for the Aquarius/SAC-D mission that includes different models for forward and retrieval processes is presented. This OSSE is implemented to study the errors related to the use of simple retrieval models in passive microwave applications. To this end, a theoretical forward model was introduced, which is suitable to reproduce some of the c...Show More
The study of the Earth as a system is being adopted widely by geoscientists. Numerical models and simulations are providing the capability to rapidly test hypotheses and make forecasts of complex geophysical behavior. International efforts are seeking to integrate existing and emerging Earth observation systems into a global network, with enhanced data distribution, models, and decision support to...Show More
Based on 1-km land surface model geophysical predictions within the United States Southern Great Plains (Red-Arkansas River basin), an observing system simulation experiment (OSSE) is carried out to assess the impact of land surface heterogeneity, instrument error, and parameter uncertainty on soil moisture products derived from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Hydrosphere S...Show More
As one of the future precipitation observation missions discussed in Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), there is a concept of small spaceborne precipitation radar constellation in the Tropics. This can improve a quality of the multi-satellite precipitation product called Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) developed by the JAXA under the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)...Show More
An observing system simulation experiment (OSSE), briefly stated, is a computational system designed to quantitatively assess the impact of proposed scientific observations. OSSEs allow one to examine how well specific science objectives can be met within a controlled environment where one can simulate the quality of data expected based on observation characteristics, instrument parameters, ...Show More
Most bias correction (BC) schemes based on a linear fitting function have undesirable effects on the all-sky assimilation of satellite radiances from infrared bands. This study introduces a newly nonlinear BC method for the all-sky assimilation of Fengyun-4A (FY-4A) Advanced Geosynchronous Radiation Imager (AGRI) infrared radiances. The proposed BC method uses a machine learning technology of rand...Show More
Monitoring aerosols over wide areas is important for the assessment of the population's exposure to health relevant particulate matter (PM). Satellite observations of aerosol optical depth (AOD) can contribute to the improvement of highly needed analyzed and forecasted distributions of PM when combined with a model and ground-based observations. In this paper, we evaluate the contribution of colum...Show More
A geostationary microwave sounder, capable of providing continuous monitoring of temperature, water vapor, clouds, precipitation, and wind in the presence of clouds and precipitation is now feasible. A design called the Geostationary Synthetic Thinned Aperture Radiometer (GeoSTAR) has been developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the required new technology has been developed and is suffici...Show More
Multisatellite measurements of altimeter-derived sea surface height (SSH) have provided a wealth of information on the ocean. Yet, horizontal scales below 100 km remain scarcely resolved. Especially, in the Mediterranean Sea, an important fraction of the mesoscale range, characterized by a small Rossby radius of deformation of 15-20 km, is not properly retrieved by altimeter-derived gridded produc...Show More
NASA's Earth System Science Pathfinder Hydrospheric States (Hydros) mission will provide the first global scale space-borne observations of Earth's soil moisture using both L-band microwave radiometer and radar technologies. In preparation for the Hydros mission, an observation system simulation experiment (OSSE) has been conducted. As a part of this OSSE, the potential for retrieving ...Show More