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Infrared limb scanning in the presence of horizontal temperature gradients: an operational approach

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Abstract

Simulation and analysis of IR limb radiance obtained by a satellite-borne IR limb scanner have demonstrated that horizontal temperature gradients in the atmosphere play an important role in limiting the accuracy of retrieved temperature and constituents below ~25 km. A simple operational approach to converting these observed radiances to equivalent spherical radiances is developed which preserves the advantages of the sphericity assumption in the inversion process.

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