Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The Tiros Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) Pathfinder Path A retrieved surface skin temperature, surface air temperatures, and surface specific humidity are compared with data obtained from three large-scale field campaigns: the First ISLSCP (International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project) Field Experiment (FIFE), the Hydrologic Atmospheric Pilot Experiment (HAPEX) in the Sahel, and the Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS). The long-term estimates of surface skin temperatures, surface air temperatures, and surface vapor pressure were unbiased, and the standard deviations of the errors were about 4°C, 3.5°C, and 3.5 mbar, respectively. The monthly mean variables obtained from the TOVS data at four times of the day (corresponding to the AM and PM overpass for each of two satellites) exhibited realistic diurnal and seasonal cycles when compared with corresponding ground observations.
Publication Info
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 105, Issue D2, 2000, pages 2179-2190.
Rights
Lakshmi, V. & Susskind, J. (2000). Comparison of TOVS-derived land surface variables with ground observations. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105 (D2), 2179-2190.
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