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The Aerosol Module in the Community Radiative Transfer Model (v2.2 and v2.3): accounting for aerosol transmittance effects on the radiance observation operator
Cheng-Hsuan Lu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, Boulder, CO, USA
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, University at Albany, Albany,
NY, USA
Quanhua Liu
Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD, USA
Shih-Wei Wei
Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, Boulder, CO, USA
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, University at Albany, Albany,
NY, USA
Benjamin T. Johnson
Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, College Park, MD, USA
Cheng Dang
Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, Boulder, CO, USA
Patrick G. Stegmann
Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, College Park, MD, USA
Dustin Grogan
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, University at Albany, Albany,
NY, USA
Guoqing Ge
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, CU
Boulder, CO, USA
Global System Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
Ming Hu
Global System Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
Michael Lueken
I.M. Systems Group, Inc., Rockville, MD, USA
Environmental Modeling Center, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD, USA
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Short summary
This article is a technical note on the aerosol absorption and scattering calculations of the Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM) v2.2 and v2.3. It also provides guidance for prospective users of the CRTM aerosol option and Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation (GSI) aerosol-aware radiance assimilation. Scientific aspects of aerosol-affected BT in atmospheric data assimilation are also briefly discussed.
This article is a technical note on the aerosol absorption and scattering calculations of the...
