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Professor Helen Brindley

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

Professor in Earth Observation
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 7673h.brindley

 
 
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717Huxley BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

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@article{Bellisario:2019:10.5194/acp-19-7927-2019,
author = {Bellisario, C and Brindley, HE and Tett, SFB and Rizzi, R and Di, Natale G and Palchetti, L and Bianchini, G},
doi = {10.5194/acp-19-7927-2019},
journal = {Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics},
pages = {7927--7937},
title = {Can downwelling far-infrared radiances over Antarctica be estimated from mid-infrared information?},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-7927-2019},
volume = {19},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Far-infrared (FIR: 100cm−1<wavenumber, ν<667 cm−1) radiation emitted by the Earth and its atmosphere plays a key role in the Earth's energy budget. However, because of a lack of spectrally resolved measurements, radiation schemes in climate models suffer from a lack of constraint across this spectral range. Exploiting a method developed to estimate upwelling far-infrared radiation from mid-infrared (MIR: 667cm−1<ν<1400 cm−1) observations, we explore the possibility of inferring zenith FIR downwelling radiances in zenith-looking observation geometry, focusing on clear-sky conditions in Antarctica. The methodology selects a MIR predictor wavenumber for each FIR wavenumber based on the maximum correlation seen between the different spectral ranges. Observations from the REFIR-PAD instrument (Radiation Explorer in the Far Infrared – Prototype for Application and Development) and high-resolution radiance simulations generated from co-located radio soundings are used to develop and assess the method. We highlight the impact of noise on the correlation between MIR and FIR radiances by comparing the observational and theoretical cases. Using the observed values in isolation, between 150 and 360 cm−1, differences between the “true” and “extended” radiances are less than 5 %. However, in spectral bands of low signal, between 360 and 667 cm−1, the impact of instrument noise is strong and increases the differences seen. When the extension of the observed spectra is performed using regression coefficients based on noise-free radiative transfer simulations the results show strong biases, exceeding 100 % where the signal is low. These biases are reduced to just a few percent if the noise in the observations is accounted for in the simulation procedure. Our results imply that while it is feasible to use this type of approach to extend mid-infrared spectral m
AU  - Bellisario,C
AU  - Brindley,HE
AU  - Tett,SFB
AU  - Rizzi,R
AU  - Di,Natale G
AU  - Palchetti,L
AU  - Bianchini,G
DO  - 10.5194/acp-19-7927-2019
EP  - 7937
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 1680-7316
SP  - 7927
TI  - Can downwelling far-infrared radiances over Antarctica be estimated from mid-infrared information?
T2  - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-7927-2019
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/71157
VL  - 19
ER  -
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