Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 9, 20210838(2022)

Quality assessment of FY-4 A’s geostationary interferometric infrared sounder observations data

Yurun Wang and Li Guan
Author Affiliations
  • Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster (NUIST), Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
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    (a) The coverage of GIIRS regional observation (Quote from National Satellite Meteorological Center http://img.nsmc.org.cn); (b) GIIRS rectangular detection units is arranged in 32×4 array
    The spectral distribution of the average NEdT of 128 detection units in different time periods. (a) June 1 to August 12, 2019; (b) August 13 to November 6, 2019; (c) November 7, 2019 to February 29, 2020 (The red line is the sensitivity index at the background temperature of 300 K)
    (a)-(f) The average NEdT variation of 716.3 cm−1, 731.3 cm−1, 900 cm−1, 1908.1 cm−1, 1725 cm−1 and 1952.5 cm−1 with 32×4 array in July 2020; (g)-(l) The average NEdT variation of corresponding channels with the rows of 32×4 array in July 2020
    (a)-(f) The average NEdT variation of 716.3 cm−1, 731.3 cm−1, 900 cm−1, 1908.1 cm−1, 1725 cm−1 and 1952.5 cm−1 with space in July 2020. On the right side is the average NEdT variation of the corresponding channel with latitude in July 2020
    [in Chinese]
    Bias (light blue line), the deviation standard of bias (purple line) and NEdT (dark blue line) of GIIRS clear point in July 2020 (dark green error bar represents the standard deviation of NEdT)
    The diurnal variation of bias, the deviation standard of bias and NEdT of (a) 716.3 cm−1, (b) 900 cm−1 , (c) 1908.1 cm−1, (d) 1952.5 cm−1 in July 2020
    [in Chinese]
    (a)-(d) The bias variation of 716.3 cm−1, 900 cm−1, 1908.1 cm−1 and 1952.5 cm−1 with 32×4 array in July 2020; (e)-(h) The bias variation of corresponding channels with the rows of 32×4 array in July 2020
    [in Chinese]
    The bias variation of (a) 716.3 cm−1, (b) 900 cm−1, (c) 1908.1 cm−1 and (d) 1952.5 cm−1 with space in July 2020. On the right side is the bias variation of the corresponding channel with latitude in July 2020
    The relationship between bias of 716.3 cm−1 (red line), 900 cm−1 (green line), 1908.1 cm−1 (blue line) and 1952.5 cm−1 (black line) and satellite zenith angle in July 2020 (the histogram in the figure is the number within every 2° zenith angle)
    • Table 1. FY-4 A GIIRS main technical indicators

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      Table 1. FY-4 A GIIRS main technical indicators

      FY-4 A GIIRSLongwave bandMidwave band
      Wavenumber/cm−1700-11301650-2250
      Channel number689961
      Spectral resolution/cm−10.6250.625
      Spatial resolution/km1616
      Sensitivity/mW·m−2·sr·cm−10.5-1.10.1-0.14
      Radiometric calibration accuracy/K1.51.5
      Spectral calibration accuracy/ppm1010
    • Table 2. Input variables and parameters for clear-sky simulations with ARMS

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      Table 2. Input variables and parameters for clear-sky simulations with ARMS

      VariablesUnitData sources
      Atmospheric parametersTemperature/KECMWF reanalysis data: ERA5 (137 level, 0.25° ×0.25°)
      Water vapor/g·kg
      Ozone/g·kg
      Level pressure/hPa
      Surface parametersType of surfaceFY-4 A GIIRS Level2 data
      10 m wind speed/m·sECMWF reanalysis data: ERA5 surface data (0.25° ×0.25°)
      Surface temperature/K
      Geometric parametersSensor zenith angle/°FY-4 A GIIRS Level1 data
      Sensor azimuth angle/°
      Satellite zenith angle/°
      Satellite azimuth angle/°
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    Paper Information

    Category: Infrared technology and application

    Received: Nov. 10, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 6, 2023

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20210838

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