2. Reference Documents

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2. Reference Documents

The following documents have been used to compile the information in this guide. Some of them are referenced within the text, others are provided here for further reading.

2.1 EPS programme documents

[RD10]
EPS End User Requirements Document
EUM.EPS.MIS.REQ.93.001
[RD11]
EPS Generic Product Format Specification
EPS.CGS.SPE.96167
[RD12]
IASI Level 1 Product Format Specification
EPS.SYS.SPE.990003
[RD13]
IASI Level 2 Product Format Specification
EUM.EPS.MIS.SPE.980760
[RD14]
IASI Instrument Specification
IA-SP-1000-201-CNE
[RD15]
Spécification Technique de Besoin du logiciel opérationnel IASI
IA-SB-2100-9462-CNE
[RD16]
Dossier de définition des algorithmes IASI
IA-DF-0000-2006-CNE
[RD17]
IASI Level 2 Product Generation Specification
EPS.SYS.SPE.990013
[RD18]
EPS Programme Calibration and Validation Overall Plan
EUM.EPS.SYS.PLN.02.004
[RD20]
U-MARF LEO Format Descriptions
EUM/OPS/USR/06/1855
[RD21]
EUMETCast Technical Description
EUM TD 15
[RD22]
EPS System Requirements Document
EUM.EPS.SYS.REQ.93001
[RD23]
EPS Products for GTS Distribution
EUM.EPS.SYS.TEN.02.008
[RD24]
EPS Product file naming for EUMETCast
EUM/OPS-EPS-TEN/07/0012
[RD25]
BUFR Descriptors for IASI Level 2 Data
EUM/OPS/TEN/07/2410
[RD26]
EPS Product Validation Report: IASI L2 PPF
EUM/MET/REP/07/0224
     
Future versions of this document will be available on the EUMETSAT UMARF webpages.

See www.eumetsat.int for more information on the EPS project.

2.2 SAF documents

See www.nwpsaf.org for more information on the NWP SAF project.

2.3 Papers, reports and other technical documentation

[RD45] Manual on the Global Telecommunication System WMO - No. 386
[RD46] World Meteorological Organization Manual on Codes WMO - No. 306
[RD51] Assessing the impact of radiometric noise on IASI performances U. Amato, V. Cuomo and C. Serio
Int. J. Remote Sensing, vol. 16, N°15, 2927-2938, 1995
[RD52] The information content of clear sky IASI radiance and their potential for numerical weather prediction P. Prunet, J.-N. Thepaut, V. Casse
QJRMS
, 124, pp 211-241, 1998
[RD53] The GEISA system in 1996 : toward an operational tool for the second generation vertical sounders radiance simulation N. Jacquinet-Husson et al.
JSQRT, 59, N°3-5, 511-527, 1998
[RD54] The effects of nonlinearity on analysis and retrieval errors J.R. Eyre
UKMO Forecasting Research Technical Report N°252
[RD55] Notes on IASI Performance A.D. Collard
UKMO Forecasting Research Technical Report N°256
[RD56] Result from the first UKMO IASI fast radiative transfer model intercomparison V.J. Sherlock
UKMO Forecasting Research Technical Report N°287
[RD57] ISEM-6: Infrared Surface Emissivity Model for RTTOV-6 V.J. Sherlock
UKMO Forecasting Research Technical Report N°299
[RD58] An inversion algorithm using neural networks to retrieve atmospheric CO total columns from high-resolution nadir radiances J. Hadji-Lazaro, C. Clerbaux and S. Thiria
JGR, Vol 104, N°D19, Pages 23,841-23,854 , 1999
[RD60] Assimilation of carbon monoxide measured from satellite in a three-dimensional chemistry-transport model C. Clerbaux, J. Hadji-Lazaro, D. Hauglustaine, G. Mégie, B. Khattatov and J.F. Lamarque
J. Geophys. Res., 106, D14,15, 385-394, 2001
[RD61] Cloud fliter for CO retrieval from IMG infrared spectra using ECMWF temperature and POLDER cloud data J. Hadji-Lazaro, C. Clerbaux, P. Couvert, P. Chazette and C. Boonne
Geophys. Res Lett.,28,12,2397-2400, 2001
[RD62] Channel selection methods for Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer radiances F. Rabier, N. Fourrié, D. Chafaï and P. Prunet
Q.J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 128,1011-1027, 2002
[RD63] Balloonborne calibrated spectroradiometer for atmospheric nadir sounding Y. Té, P. Jeseck, C. Camy Peyret, S. Payan, G. Perron and G. Aubertin
Applied Optics, Vol 41, N°30, 6431-6441, 2002
[RD64] Retrieval of CO from nadir remote-sensing measurements in the infrared by use of four different inversion algorithms C. Clerbaux, J. Hadji-Lazaro, S. Payan, C. Camy-Peyret, J. Wang, D.P. Edwards and M. Lo
Applied Optics, Vol. 41,N° 33, 7068-7078, 2002
[RD65] First satellite ozone distributions retrieved from nadir high-resolution infrared spectra S. Turquety, J. Hadji-Lazaro and C. Clerbaux
Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol.29,N°24,2198, 2002
[RD66] Remote Sensing from the infrared atmospheric sounding interferometer instrument. 1. compression, denoising and first-guess retrieval algorithm F. Aires, W.B. Rossow, N.A. Scott and A. Chédin
J. Geophys. Res.,107,D22,4619-4635,2002
[RD67] A Regularized Neural Net Approach for Retrieval of Atmospheric and Surface temperatures with the IASI instrument F. Aires, A. Chédin, N.A. Scott and W.B. Rossow
J. Appl. Meteor,41,144-158, 2002
[RD68] Remote Sensing from the infrared atmospheric sounding interferometer instrument 2. Simultaneous retrieval of temperature, water vapor and ozone atmospheric profiles F. Aires, W.B. Rossow, N.A. Scott and A. Chédin
J. Geophys. Res.,107,D22,4620-4631, 2002
[RD69] Simulation of uplooking and downlooking high-resolution radiance spectra with two different radiative transfer model R. Rizzi, M. Matricardi and F. Miskolczi
Applied Optics,41,6,940-956, 2002
[RD70] The feasibility of monitoring CO2 from high resolution infrared sounders A. Chédin, R. Saunders, A. Hollingworth, N. Scott, M. Matricardi, J. Etcheto, C. Clerbaux, R. Armante, C. Crevoisier
J. Geophys. Research, Vol. 108, N° D2, 4064-4083, 2003
[RD71] Spectroscopic measurements of halocarbons and hydrohalocarbons by satellite-borne remote sensors P.F. Coheur, C. Clerbaux and R. Rolin
J. Geophysical Res., Vol. 108,N° D4,4130, 2003
[RD72] ISSWG Line by Line Intercomparison Experiment S.A. Tjemkes, T. Patterson, R. Rizzi, M.W. Shephard, S.A. Clough, M. Matricardi, J. Haigh, M. Hopfner, S. Payan, et al
J. Quant.Spectrosc. Rad. Transf, 77(4),433-453, 2003
[RD73] RTIASI-4, a new version of the ECMWF fast radiative transfer model for the infrared atmospheric sounding interferometer M. Matricardi
ECMWF Technical Memorandum N° 425, 63pp, 2003
[RD74] The operational IASI Level 2 Processor Schlüssel, P., T.H. Hultberg, P.L. Phillips, T. August, X. Calbet
Adv. in Space Res., 36, 982-988, 2005
[RD75] Validation of the operational IASI level 2 processor using AIRS and ECMWF data Calbet, X., P. Schlüssel, T. Hultberg, P. Phillips, T. August
Adv. Space Res., 37, 2299-2305, 2006
[RD76] Classification of IASI inhomogeneous scenes using co-located AVHRR data Phillips, P., P. Schlüssel
Proc. SPIE, 5979, 29-41, 2005
[RD77] Technical note: Analytical estimation of the optimal parameters for the EOF retrievals of the IASI Level 2 Product Processing Facility and its application using AIRS and ECMWF data Calbet, X., P. Schlüssel
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 831-846, 2006
[RD78] An introduction to the EUMETSAT Polar System Klaes, K.D., M. Cohen, Y. Buhler, P. Schlüssel, R. Munro, J.-P. Luntama, A. Von Engeln, E. Ó. Clerigh, H. Bonekamp, J. Ackermann, J. Schmetz
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 88, 1085-1096, doi:10.1175/BAMS.88.7.1085, 2007
[RD79] Operational trace gas retrieval algorithm, for the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer Turquety, S., J. Hadji-Lazaro, C. Clerbaux, D. A. Hauglustaine, S.A. Clough, V. Cassé, P. Schlüssel, G. Mégie
J. Geophys. Res., 109, D21301, doi:10.1029/2004JD004821, 2004