2018
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-11-2717-2018
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An update on the RTTOV fast radiative transfer model (currently at version 12)

Abstract: Abstract. 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… Show more

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“…; Saunders et al . ) is used for clear‐sky conditions and the RTTOV‐SCATT model is used for cloudy and precipitating conditions (Bauer et al . ; Geer et al .…”
Section: Ecmwf Integrated Forecasting System (Ifs)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…; Saunders et al . ) is used for clear‐sky conditions and the RTTOV‐SCATT model is used for cloudy and precipitating conditions (Bauer et al . ; Geer et al .…”
Section: Ecmwf Integrated Forecasting System (Ifs)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Idealised 1D‐Var experiments were conducted to investigate whether SAPHIR observations provide a more accurate estimate of the atmospheric moisture profile than other microwave instruments (ATMS, MHS and AMSR‐2) as suggested by the qualitative comparison of weighting functions shown in Figure . Five experiments were run using a 1D‐Var to perform retrievals based on synthetic observations, with RTTOV12 used as the observation operator (Smith, ; Saunders et al, ). A set of synthetic brightness‐temperature observations were generated from 1,333 70‐level tropical input profiles (Smith, ) which acted as a proxy for the true state of the atmosphere (or “truth”).…”
Section: D‐var Experimentsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For MWHTS, the surface emissivity affects the measurements of the two window Channels 1, 10, temperature sounding Channels 7-9 and water vapor sounding Channel 15, whose peak WF heights are closer to the surface. In RTTOV [34], over ocean, the surface emissivities are computed by the Faste Emissivity (FASTEM)-5 model [34], over land, a Tool to Estimate Land-Surface Emissivities at Microwave frequencies (TELSEM) emissivity atlas is used [35].…”
Section: Forward Model Simulationsmentioning
confidence: 99%