An update on the RTTOV fast radiative transfer model (currently at version 12)

被引：409

作者：

Saunders, Roger ^{[1
]}

Hocking, James ^{[1
]}

Turner, Emma ^{[1
]}

Rayer, Peter ^{[1
]}

Rundle, David ^{[1
]}

Brunel, Pascal ^{[2
]}

Vidot, Jerome ^{[2
]}

Roquet, Pascale ^{[2
]}

Matricardi, Marco ^{[3
]}

Geer, Alan ^{[3
]}

Bormann, Niels ^{[3
]}

Lupu, Cristina ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Met Off, Fitzroy Rd, Exeter, Devon, England

[2] Meteo France, CMS, Ave Lorraine, Lannion, France

[3] ECMWF, Shinfield Pk, Reading, Berks, England

来源：

GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT | 2018年 / 11卷 / 07期

关键词：

D O I：

10.5194/gmd-11-2717-2018

中图分类号：

P [天文学、地球科学];

学科分类号：

07 ;

摘要：

This paper gives an update of the RTTOV (Radiative Transfer for TOVS) fast radiative transfer model, which is widely used in the satellite retrieval and data assimilation communities. RTTOV is a fast radiative transfer model for simulating top-of-atmosphere radiances from passive visible, infrared and microwave downward-viewing satellite radiometers. In addition to the forward model, it also optionally computes the tangent linear, adjoint and Jacobian matrix providing changes in radiances for profile variable perturbations assuming a linear relationship about a given atmospheric state. This makes it a useful tool for developing physical retrievals from satellite radiances, for direct radiance assimilation in NWP models, for simulating future instruments, and for training or teaching with a graphical user interface. An overview of the RTTOV model is given, highlighting the updates and increased capability of the latest versions, and it gives some examples of its current performance when compared with more accurate line-by-line radiative transfer models and a few selected observations. The improvement over the original version of the model released in 1999 is demonstrated.

引用

页码：2717 / 2732

页数：16

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