Auto-adaptive Tikhonov regularization of water vapor profiles: application to FORUM measurements
Year: 2020
Authors: Sgheri L., Raspollini P., Ridolfi M.
Autors Affiliation: IAC CNR, Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy; IFAC CNR, Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy; INO CNR, Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy; Univ Bologna, Dip Fis & Astron, Bologna, Italy.
Abstract: In this paper, we study the retrieval of water vapor profiles from simulated FORUM measurements. We show that the bias towards the a-priori introduced by the Optimal Estimation technique can be reduced by using larger errors for the a-priori. Reducing the strength of the a-priori may, however, cause unphysical oscillations in the resulting profiles because of the ill-conditioning of the retrieval problem. An a-posteriori regularization technique, the Iterative Variable Strength method, is thus applied to reduce the amplitude of the oscillations.
Journal/Review: APPLICABLE ANALYSIS
Volume: 101 (10) Pages from: 3733 to: 3742
KeyWords: Remote sensing; radiative transfer inversion; regularization; water vapor retrieval; FORUMDOI: 10.1080/00036811.2020.1751825ImpactFactor: 1.429Citations: 2data from “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) are update at: 2024-10-13References taken from IsiWeb of Knowledge: (subscribers only)Connecting to view paper tab on IsiWeb: Click hereConnecting to view citations from IsiWeb: Click here