"AERIPROF" VAP Process
Instrument Categories: Radiometric, Derived Quantities and Models
Description: AERI Profiles of Water Vapor and Temperature
AERI profiles of water vapor and temperature are retrieved about every 8 minutes and supplement other methods of determining the structure of the lower atmosphere. These profiles are the result of taking the inverse of the radiative transfer equation, which can be unstable. Statistical first-guess profiles prevent the inversion from becoming unstable. The profiles are derived from a historical database of radiosondes and model calculations (at AERI resolution) from the radiosondes at the Southern Great Plains (SGP) site. They are then smoothed to remove all but the gross structure, allowing the retrieval process to put the structure back into the profile.
For more details, see the AERI Profiles of Water Vapor and Temperature web page and for more information on the QME AERI process, see the QME Comparing AERI Retrieved Profiles with In-situ Measurements web page.
Value-Added Products (VAPs) Produced
- aeriprof - AERI: profiles of temperature and mixing ratio
- aeriprof3feltz - Profiles of temperature and water vapor physically retrieved from the AERI spectra
- gaeriprof - AERI: temperature and mixing ratio profiles, AERI & GOES spectra
- qmeaeriprof - QME: derived AERI, tower, sonde profiles of temp & water vapor
Primary Measurements
The following measurements are those considered scientifically relevant. Refer to the datastream (netcdf) file headers for the list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.
Sites / Facilities
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- Southern Great Plains (SGP)
- Central Facility, Lamont, OK (C1)
- Hillsboro, KS (Boundary) (B1)
- Lamont, OK (Extended, secondary) (E14)
- Morris, OK (Boundary) (B5)
- Purcell, OK (B6)
- Vici, OK (Boundary) (B4)
