The correction to use the GOES-9 noise numbers (instead of the GOES-8 numbers) made only a very slight change in the GOES retrievals of temperature and moisture.
For example, the Root-Mean-Square-Error was only 0.06 mm for over 2200 comparisons (with a bias of zero).
VL AVA MDF,3120
MDF ROW DAY TIME NREC
3120 1 7398013 112400 2318 -- Before
3120 2 7398013 112400 2311 -- After
VL: DONE
CMMD T 850 MDF,3120 3120 ROW,1 2 SELF,1 DIST,.0001
FOLLOWING IS 7398013 112400 850MB
N,S,E,W LIMITS ARE 52 22 127 175
MATCH DISTANCE IS .00 DEGREES
NO(DATA-STND)= 2280 AVER.DIF= .00 RMSD= .00 RMSE= .00
MINV= -.01 MAXV= .01
STD/DATA MEAN= 9.2417 9.2417
STD/DATA SIG = 4.2832 4.2829
CORRELATION = 1.0000
CMMD TD 850 MDF,3120 3120 ROW,1 2 SELF,1 DIST,.0001
FOLLOWING IS 7398013 112400 850MB
N,S,E,W LIMITS ARE 52 22 127 175
MATCH DISTANCE IS .00 DEGREES
NO(DATA-STND)= 2280 AVER.DIF= .00 RMSD= .02 RMSE= .02
MINV= -.10 MAXV= .17
STD/DATA MEAN= -3.0341 -3.0345
STD/DATA SIG = 3.7796 3.7824
CORRELATION = 1.0000
CMMD WV MDF,3120 3120 ROW,1 2 SELF,1 DIST,.0001
FOLLOWING IS 7398013 112400 0MB
N,S,E,W LIMITS ARE 52 22 127 175
MATCH DISTANCE IS .00 DEGREES
NO(DATA-STND)= 2280 AVER.DIF= .00 RMSD= .06 RMSE= .06
MINV= -.21 MAXV= .46
STD/DATA MEAN= 17.0159 17.0166
STD/DATA SIG = 4.0048 4.0198
CORRELATION = .9999
LISGIX SAT=8
Satellite Number is 8
SOUNDER IR CHANNELS:1-18 IMAGER:22-25
CH WAVENO(CM-1) WAVELEN(MICRON)
1 680.7092285 14.69056034
2 695.7335205 14.37331963
3 711.8783569 14.04734421
4 732.4962158 13.65194798
5 747.5268555 13.37744617
6 790.4038086 12.65176105
7 829.0688477 12.06172466
8 906.5466919 11.03087139
9 1029.548096 9.712999344
10 1339.549805 7.465194702
11 1422.006226 7.032318115
12 1535.426270 6.512849331
13 2184.926758 4.576812267
14 2207.486572 4.530038834
15 2247.114746 4.450150967
16 2421.738037 4.129265785
17 2509.508301 3.984844446
18 2666.405762 3.750366926
22 2560.679199 3.905213833
23 1482.304199 6.746253490
24 935.0697021 10.69439030
25 835.4203491 11.97002220
CHAN WAVNUM GAMMA BIAS RMSE
1 680.71 1.000 .0000 1.7600
2 695.73 1.000 .0000 1.2100
3 711.88 1.000 .0000 .9800
4 732.50 1.000 .0000 .7400
5 747.53 1.000 .0000 .6800
6 790.40 1.000 .0000 .3200
7 829.07 1.000 .0000 .2000
8 906.55 1.000 .0000 .1300
9 1029.55 1.000 .0000 .1600
10 1339.55 1.000 .0000 .0800
11 1422.01 1.000 .0000 .0700
12 1535.43 1.000 .0000 .1100
13 2184.93 1.000 .0000 .0120
14 2207.49 1.000 .0000 .0098
15 2247.11 1.000 .0000 .0090
16 2421.74 1.000 .0000 .0039
17 2509.51 1.000 .0000 .0043
18 2666.41 1.000 .0000 .0018
IMAGER, GOES- 8
CHAN WAVNUM GAMMA BIAS RMSE
2 2560.68 1.000 .0000 .0060
3 1482.30 1.000 .0000 .0400
4 935.07 1.000 .0000 .2000
5 835.42 1.000 .0000 .3500
LISGIX SAT=9
Satellite Number is 9
CH WAVENO(CM-1) WAVELEN(MICRON)
1 681.2105103 14.67975044
2 693.9980469 14.40926266
3 711.0495605 14.06371689
4 732.3804321 13.65410614
5 746.8922729 13.38881207
6 789.4624023 12.66684723
7 828.3709106 12.07188702
8 909.4390869 10.99578857
9 1028.702271 9.720985413
10 1335.936523 7.485385418
11 1421.356079 7.035534859
12 1528.400269 6.542788506
13 2183.883301 4.578999043
14 2206.842529 4.531361103
15 2245.458984 4.453432560
16 2415.264893 4.140332699
17 2512.021973 3.980856895
18 2666.649902 3.750023603
22 2555.639893 3.912914276
23 1481.539917 6.749733925
24 934.4061890 10.70198345
25 833.6053467 11.99608421
CHAN WAVNUM GAMMA BIAS RMSE
1 681.21 1.000 .0000 1.1600
2 694.00 1.000 .0000 .8000
3 711.05 1.000 .0000 .5600
4 732.38 1.000 .0000 .4600
5 746.89 1.000 .0000 .4500
6 789.46 1.000 .0000 .1900
7 828.37 1.000 .0000 .1300
8 909.44 1.000 .0000 .0900
9 1028.70 1.000 .0000 .1100
10 1335.94 1.000 .0000 .0800
11 1421.36 1.000 .0000 .0500
12 1528.40 1.000 .0000 .0900
13 2183.88 1.000 .0000 .0080
14 2206.84 1.000 .0000 .0070
15 2245.46 1.000 .0000 .0060
16 2415.26 1.000 .0000 .0030
17 2512.02 1.000 .0000 .0030
18 2666.65 1.000 .0000 .0010
IMAGER, GOES- 9
CHAN WAVNUM GAMMA BIAS RMSE
2 2555.64 1.000 .0000 .0030
3 1481.54 1.000 .0000 .0220
4 934.41 1.000 .0000 .1100
5 833.61 1.000 .0000 .2400
RMSE is the noise in radiance units.
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