Soundings, Surface, Precipitation
14. Sid Boukabara |
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MIRS is based on an assimilation-type scheme (1DVAR) capable of optimally retrieving atmospheric, surface, cloud and precipitation state parameters simultaneously. It is capable of performing retrievals using different instrumental configurations. It uses the Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM) as its forward operator. Currently running at NOAA/NESDIS, MIRS is applied routinely to NOAA-18 and METOP-A AMSU/MHS sensors pair and is being extended to run routinely with DMSP-F16 SSMI/S data. It is also expected that MIRS will be applied to future sensors: NPP/ATMS and NPOESS microwave sensors (MIS, ATMS).
Web site: http://mirs.nesdis.noaa.gov/