DocumentCode :
410562
Title :
3D global ozone proxy fields and the NPOESS OMPS assimilation experiment, for improved numerical weather predictions for military operations
Author :
Hornstein, John ; Allen, Doug ; Randall, Cora ; Mango, Stephen
Author_Institution :
Remote Sensing Div., NRL, Washington, DC, USA
Volume :
2
fYear :
2003
fDate :
21-25 July 2003
Firstpage :
1022
Abstract :
Important classes of military operations would benefit from improved long term weather forecasts. Because the radiative effects of ozone influence jet streams, the use of daily measurements of stratospheric ozone should improve long term forecasting. Ozone data will be provided operationally by the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) instrument. An assimilation experiment (OMPS-AE) will use data from an OMPS on the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft for testing ozone assimilation and forecasting algorithms. The development of those algorithms is being aided by using proxy 3D global fields which are calculated by combining sparse measurements of ozone with operational meteorological analyzed fields. We describe this data fusion method, and the validation and properties of the resulting ozone proxy.
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; meteorological radar; ozone; radiative transfer; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; stratosphere; weather forecasting; 3D global ozone proxy fields; Mapping and Profiler Suite; NPOESS OMPS assimilation experiment; NPOESS preparatory project; NPP spacecraft; National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System; OMPS instrument; OMPS-AE; forecasting algorithms; jet streams; long term weather forecasts; military operations; numerical weather predictions; operational meteorological analyzed fields; ozone assimilation; radiative effects; sparse measurements of ozone; stratospheric ozone; Aerosols; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; Meteorology; Photochemistry; Space vehicles; Temperature distribution; Terrestrial atmosphere; Testing; Weather forecasting;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1293999
Filename :
1293999
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